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steradian

noun ste·ra·di·an \sti-ˈrād-ē-ən\

Medical Definition of STERADIAN

:  a unit of measure of solid angles that is expressed as the solid angle subtended at the center of the sphere by a portion of the surface whose area is equal to the square of the radius of the sphere

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