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Word: Candela
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s: from Latin, ‘candle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kanˈdɛlə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kanˈdiːlə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kanˈdeɪlə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the SI unit of luminous intensity. One candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² Hz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.
Short Definition:SI unit of luminous intensity
Variant Forms:
- cd
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