Lemizh / English dictionary

natlà.

to make an angular power density unit, an angular power density of 2.813 milliwatts per steradian (see appendix, Units of measurement)

Etymology

shortened form, academic loan of
< Koi ναυ‑τιλί‑ᾱ ‘seafaring’, nominal derivation of
  Koi ναῦ‑ς ‘ship’
< SHell *snaũ‑s ‘boat’
< PIE *snéh₂‑u‑s, u-stem noun of
  PIE *sneh₂‑ ‘swim, bathe’

Having been invented together with the unit of power density, this unit too has a naval name.

Cognates

Eng navy (via Lat nāvis ‘ship’)