candlepower
IPA: kˈændʌɫpaʊɝ
noun
- (dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
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Examples of "candlepower" in Sentences
- The unit candlepower is now largely replaced by the candela.
- One of the best known of these was the English standard of candlepower.
- I'd have thought a one watt laser could easily exceed 10,000 candlepower.
- Lightened anti submarine variant with a 50 million candlepower searchlight.
- This working lighthouse uses an unmanned 26,000 candlepower rotating beacon.
- The light output varied from 156,000 to 248,000 candlepower over many years.
- In modern usage Candlepower equates directly to the unit known as the candela.