lumen
    n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given
         out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source
         of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all
         directions [syn: lumen, lm]
    2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the
       intestine"

Lumen \Lu"men\, n.; pl. L. Lumina, E. Lumens. [L., light, an
   opening for light.]
   1. (Photom.)
      (a) A unit of illumination, being the amount of
          illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due
          to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of
          the sphere.
      (b) A unit of light flux, being the flux through one
          square meter of surface the illumination of which is
          uniform and of unit brightness.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. (Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular
      cavity; a vacuole.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]