candlepower
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈkændlˌpaʊər/
- Archaic
:
candelas
- His trick for completely freezing the motion in each image is a flash unit he built himself that discharges "5 million+ in candlepower in about one millionth of a second.
- candlepower light
Examples
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We still desperately need a herder, even one of this candlepower, until shearing.
Fiction book (1993) -
Due west, 20 candlepower.
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...30 million candlepower night sun with an infrared filter.
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Although laser power is available, we continue to live by candlepower, technically in the past.
Academic text (2001) -
He will answer the signals with the light of 20 candlepower brilliance.
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Overhead, the stars were blazing, but they seemed of very low candlepower compared with the brilliance of the floodlights pouring onto the stage.
Blog text (12) -
We also have a 500,000-candlepower searchlight on loan from Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs and The Tribe of Tiger.
Fiction book (1998) -
The new LED lights emit an impressive candlepower that illuminates the entire park at night.
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The flashlight's candlepower rating helps determine how bright its light output will be.
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At the exhibition, the artist used a lamp with a candlepower of 20,000 to enhance the artwork's visibility.
Synonyms
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8.8
An old unit for measuring how bright a light is
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9.5
A standard measure of how bright a light is, originally based on a candle
A unit for measuring how bright a light is, using a candle as the standard
Compounds
- Archaic
A unit for measuring how bright a light is, using a candle as the standard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word candlepower comes from the simple words candle and power. A candle is a small source of light and power here means 'strength', so the term started as a way to show the 'strength' of light from one candle and now tells how bright a light is.