new candle
English
Noun
new
candle
(
plural
new candles
)
(
historical
)
A
unit
of
luminous
intensity
, such that the brightness of the full radiator at the temperature of solidification of platinum is 60 new candles per square centimetre; superseded by the
candela
.
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