standard candle

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   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

   Synonymscandlecandelacd

   Broaderluminous intensity unit

Questions about standard candle

What does standard candle mean?

standard candle means "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".

What is another word for standard candle?

Close synonyms include candle, candela, cd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is standard candle a common word?

standard 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.