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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A candela.
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- noun astronomy Any astronomical object of known
absolute magnitude . Itsdistance can then be calculated from itsapparent magnitude .
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- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
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