Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Luminous intensity expressed in candelas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The illuminating power of a candle; specifically, the illuminating power of a candle of determinate composition and rate of burning, taken as a unit in estimating the luminosity of any illuminating agent: as, a gas-jet of 25 candle-power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Photom.) luminous intensity; illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, measured in candelas, referring to the light of a standard candle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
former measurement ofbrightness of alight source
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun luminous intensity measured in candelas
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Examples
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I feel an elbow in my back, turn and see that some serious candlepower is being directed at a good-looking actor in a light gray suit.
Travis Nichols: Howl on the Red Carpet Travis Nichols 2010
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And go ahead, laugh all you want at the humble candle-perhaps loved only by luddites and brownout victims-but "candlepower" is still the unit of choice for many measures of brightness.
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And 2 1/2 stories ( "Lockheed," "Emily" and part of "April") are inhabited by female narrators, which works surprisingly well and betrays at least a hint of imaginative candlepower.
James Franco's debut short story collection, 'Palo Alto' Michael Lindgren 2010
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And 2 1/2 stories ( "Lockheed," "Emily" and part of "April") are inhabited by female narrators, which works surprisingly well and betrays at least a hint of imaginative candlepower.
James Franco's debut short story collection, ÂPalo Alto Michael Lindgren 2010
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The candlepower increases exponentially when James Franco, the film's Allen Ginsberg, arrives.
Travis Nichols: Howl on the Red Carpet Travis Nichols 2010
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Innovage LLC is recalling 1.4 million one-million candlepower rechargeable halogen spotlights because the charging adapter can overcharge the battery, which can cause it to rupture and leak battery acid.
Not a bright design: Fixit rechargeable spotlights recalled 2010
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I feel an elbow in my back, turn and see that some serious candlepower is being directed at a good-looking actor in a light gray suit.
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The candlepower increases exponentially when James Franco, the film's Allen Ginsberg, arrives.
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She even indulged me when I boasted about all the candlepower I'd harnessed on my old bike, enough to drive country roads at night.
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Innovage LLC is recalling 1.4 million one-million candlepower rechargeable halogen spotlights because the charging adapter can overcharge the battery, which can cause it to rupture and leak battery acid.
Not a bright design: Fixit rechargeable spotlights recalled 2010
vanishedone commented on the word candlepower
htmltimes.com: 'And so it was defined in 1860 that a unit of candlepower was the light produced by "a pure spermaceti candle weighing one-sixth of a pound, burning at a rate of 120 grains per hour." Spermaceti candles weren't just an excellent source of oil, but were now a scientific instrument as well. When Michelson and Morley lit their spermaceti oil-filled lamps, they understood that it burned at a scientifically calibrated rate of eight candlepower units per hour.'
November 29, 2008