- candlepower unit
- nouna measure of luminous intensity• Syn: ↑luminous intensity unit• Hypernyms: ↑light unit• Hyponyms: ↑candle, ↑candela, ↑cd, ↑standard candle, ↑international candle
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Candlepower — (abbreviated as cp) is an obsolete scientific unit of luminous intensity based on the light emitted from a candle made to a specified formula. The candlepower as a scientific measure was replaced in 1948 by the international unit (SI) known as… … Wikipedia
candlepower — (cp) a unit formerly used for measuring the light radiating capacity of a lampor other light source. One candlepower represents the radiating capacityof a light with the intensity of one international candle, or about 0.981candela as now… … Dictionary of units of measurement
candlepower — n. a unit of luminous intensity … Useful english dictionary
light unit — noun a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation • Hypernyms: ↑electromagnetic unit, ↑emu • Hyponyms: ↑illumination unit, ↑luminance unit, ↑luminous flux unit, ↑luminous intensity unit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
luminous intensity unit — noun a measure of luminous intensity • Syn: ↑candlepower unit • Hypernyms: ↑light unit • Hyponyms: ↑candle, ↑candela, ↑cd, ↑standard candle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
SI base unit — The seven SI base units and the interdependency of their definitions The International System of Units (SI) defines seven units of measure as a basic set from which all other SI units are derived. These SI base units and their physical quantities … Wikipedia
international unit — Pharm. 1. an internationally agreed upon standard, as measured by bioassay, to which samples of a substance, as a drug or hormone, are compared to ascertain their relative potency. 2. the particular quantity of such a substance, which causes a… … Universalium
cd — abbr. 1 compact disc. 2 Civil Defence. 3 Corps Diplomatique. * * * I noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
international candle — noun a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela • Hypernyms: ↑luminous intensity unit, ↑candlepower unit … Useful english dictionary
standard candle — noun 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 • Syn: ↑candle,… … Useful english dictionary
