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“candle”
1. A molded piece of wax, tallow, or other fatty substance, usually cylindrical in shape, encasing a wick that is burned to provide light: Before the days of gas and electricity, candles were the main sources of light at night.
2. A unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps; used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard.
3. Etymology: from Ole English candel, early church-word borrowing from Latin candela, "a light, a torch"; from candere, "to shine".
2. A unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps; used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard.
3. Etymology: from Ole English candel, early church-word borrowing from Latin candela, "a light, a torch"; from candere, "to shine".
Candles were unknown in ancient Greece where oil lamps were used, but they were common from early times among Romans and Etruscans.
(Latin: taper)
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“candle”
candle light
1. The light that a burning candle provides.
2. Illumination from a candle or candles.
3. Dusk; twilight; the time to light a candle.
2. Illumination from a candle or candles.
3. Dusk; twilight; the time to light a candle.
candlepower, candle power
Luminous intensity measured in candelas.
footcandle, foot candle
Illumination or brightness equivalent to one lumen per square foot; replaced in the SI system by the candela; or the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency.
votive candle
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“candle”
candle
A cylinder of wax with a wick enclosed which gives light when burned.
"Before the days of gas and electricity, candles were the main source of light at night."