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candela
The base unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units that is equal to the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source which emits monochromatic radiation of frequency and has a radiant intensity in that direction of watt per unit solid angle; abbreviation cd and also called a candle.
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candela, cd
An SI unit of luminous intensity, which replaced the old units of candle and standard candle.
It measures the brightness of a light itself rather than the amount of light falling on an object, which is called illuminance and measured in lux.
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