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Record 1 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Optics
  • Photography
DEF

Former standard of light emission based on a specified lamp under specified conditions.

OBS

The term "candle" is also used in the U.S.A. to refer to the new unit of measure, the "candela", and in cases where a distinction is needed, "old candle" is used to refer to the older unit of measure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Optique
  • Photographie
DEF

Ancienne unité d'intensité lumineuse, remplacée par la candela.

Key term(s)
  • bougie

Spanish

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