FOOTCANDLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("footcandle" is a kind of...):

illumination unit (a measure of illumination)

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