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contrast rendition factor, CRF

[5.9.19.2]

The ratio of visual task contrast with a given lighting environment to the contrast with sphere illumination.

This term is obsolete.

NOTE: This definition was changed in ANSI/IES RP-16-17 Addendum 4.

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