international candle

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   a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela

   Broaderluminous intensity unit

Questions about international candle

What does international candle mean?

international candle means "a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela".

Is international candle a common word?

international candle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.