Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Luminous intensity expressed in candelas.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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. The standard usually employed for this purpose is a spermaceti candle burning at the rate of 120 grains of sperm per hour.
Wiktionary
- n. former measurement of brightness of a light source
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Photom.) illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
- (Photom.) luminous intensity; illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, measured in candelas, referring to the light of a standard candle.
WordNet 3.0
- n. luminous intensity measured in candelas
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
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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.”
“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.”
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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.”
“The candlepower increases exponentially when James Franco, the film's Allen Ginsberg, arrives.”
“Each Xenon light emits 1 billion candlepower, or 20 kilowatts.”
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“Beeswax, schmeeswax, for bright candles you want spermaceti - so good they named the candlepower after it.”
“Directly overhead, a dazzling star burst into life-the billion-candlepower flare that was drenching both Space Station One and Discovery with its brilliance.”
“This guy has more candlepower than the whole Republican party combined.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘candlepower’.
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The Chandlery
Candles, candle-making; photometry, and a couple of oily fish used as light sources.
Paschal candle, unity candle, Turmleuchter, Julleuchter, menora, candle warmer, candle tree, altar candle, stiffener, tealight, votive candle, prayer candle and 135 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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Fireclature
Names for firecrackers, real or imagined . . .
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VanishedOne's Words
facipulator, fetiphobia, gules, boustrophedon, reverse boustroph..., unreal, ensiform, xiphoid, romhack, heritage, floccinaucinihili..., johnian and 1004 more...
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vanishedone 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.' Nov 28, 2008