candlepower

See also: candle power

English

Etymology

candle +‎ power

Noun

candlepower (usually uncountable, plural candlepowers)

(dated) unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas

Related terms

Translations

former measurement of brightness of a light source

Chinese:
Mandarin: 燭光 (zh), 烛光 (zh) (zhúguāng)

Min Nan: 燭 (zh-min-nan) (chek)
Dutch: normaalkaars (nl) f
Finnish: kynttilä (fi)
French: bougie (fr) f

German: Normalkerze f
Italian: intensità in candele
Japanese: 燭光 (shokkō), 燭 (ja) (shoku)
Korean: 촉광 (ko) (chokgwang)
Russian: канде́ла (ru) f (kandéla), свеча (sv'ečá) f
Spanish: candela (es)

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