CANDLEPOWER UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candlepower unit mean? 

• CANDLEPOWER UNIT (noun)
  The noun CANDLEPOWER UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a measure of luminous intensity

  Familiarity information: CANDLEPOWER UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANDLEPOWER UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of luminous intensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

candlepower unit; luminous intensity unit

Hypernyms ("candlepower unit" is a kind of...):

light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candlepower unit"):

candela; candle; cd; standard candle (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)

international candle (a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela)