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candela (kăndĕ`lə), in weights and measures: see candle candle, in weights and measures, unit of luminous intensity; it is defined as 1-60 of the intensity of a black body , or ideal radiator, at the temperature at which platinum solidifies (2,046°K;). ..... Click the link for more information. . A unit of measurement of the intensity of light. Part of the SI system of measurement, one candela (cd) is the monochromatic radiation of 540THz with a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt per steradian in the same direction. Another way of putting it is that an ordinary wax candle generates approximately one candela. See SI, lumen and nit. |
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