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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’)