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CANDLEPOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does candlepower mean?
• CANDLEPOWER (noun)
The noun CANDLEPOWER has 1 sense:
1. luminous intensity measured in candelas
Familiarity information: CANDLEPOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Luminous intensity measured in candelas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
candlepower; light intensity
Hypernyms ("candlepower" is a kind of...):
intensity; intensity level; strength (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation))
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