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CANDLEPOWER UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of luminous intensity
Synonyms:
candlepower unit; luminous intensity unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("candlepower unit" is a kind of...):
light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candlepower unit"):
candela; candle; cd; standard candle (the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin)
international candle (a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela)
