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the SI unit that measures brightness in the currency of a single burning candle
means The SI base unit of luminous intensity, measuring how brightly a source shines in a given direction.
from Straight from the Latin candela, "candle," itself from candere, "to shine or glow white-hot" — the same root that warms candid (originally "shining white") and incandescent. The unit's name is no accident: it was deliberately chosen to anchor the measurement of brightness to the humble glow of a single candle flame, the historical benchmark of light.
- latin root
- means candle, literally
- defined by
- a fixed frequency of green light
- human eye
- unit tuned to where we see best
- car headlight
- pumps out tens of thousands of candelas
- old name
- once called candlepower
international candle — standard unit of luminous intensity adopted by the international commission on illumination in 1946
candela cuba restaurant — havana nightclub famous for live music and dancing since the 1950s