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candela
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candela /can·dela/ (cd) (kan-del´ah) the base SI unit of luminous intensity.
can·del·a (kn-dl)
n. Abbr. cd
A unit of measurement of luminous flux, equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle by a source of one candela radiating equally in all directions. Also called candle.
candela.
See candle.
candela
the SI unit of luminous intensity. Abbreviated cd.
candela 
The candela is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source emitting monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 ✕ 1012 Hz and the radiant intensity of which in that direction is 1/683 watt per steradian. The candela so defined is the base unit applying to photopic quantities. Symbol: cd.


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