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the SI unit of luminous intensity
The lamp's output was rated at several hundred candela.
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· the si unit of luminous...
candlepower
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Etymology
From Latin candēla ('candle'), from candēre ('to shine, glow'); adopted as the SI unit of luminous intensity in 1948.
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