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FOOTCANDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does footcandle mean?
• FOOTCANDLE (noun)
The noun FOOTCANDLE has 1 sense:
1. a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
Familiarity information: FOOTCANDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("footcandle" is a kind of...):
illumination unit (a measure of illumination)
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