candela

See also: Candela, candéla, candelă, and candéła

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) cd

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kænˈdiːlə/, /kænˈdɛlə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

Derived terms

• femtocandela
• gigacandela
• isocandela
• kilocandela
• megacandela
• microcandela
• millicandela
• nanocandela

Related terms

• candelabrum
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

Translations

unit of luminous intensity

Chinese: Mandarin: 坎德拉 (zh) (kǎndélā) Czech: kandela (cs) f Dutch: candela (nl) Esperanto: kandelo Estonian: kandela Finnish: kandela (fi) French: candela (fr) f Galician: candela (gl) f Georgian: კანდელა (ḳandela) German: Candela (de) n Greek: καντέλα f (kantéla) Hindi: कैण्डेला (kaiṇḍelā) Hungarian: kandela (hu) Indonesian: kandela (id), lilin (id) Japanese: カンデラ (ja) (kandera) Korean: 칸델라 (kandella) Latvian: kandela f Malay: kandela Polish: kandela (pl) f Portuguese: candela (pt) f Romanian: candelă (ro) f Russian: канде́ла (ru) f (kandɛ́la) Spanish: candela (es) f Swedish: candela (sv) c Thai: แคนเดลา (kɛɛn-dee-laa), แรงเทียน (rɛɛng-tiian) Uzbek: svecha (uz)

Further reading

• candela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• canaled, decanal

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin candela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela f (plural candeles)

1. corn flower
2. candlestick
3. candle

   Synonym: vela

4. beating, bashing

   Synonyms: cuelma, carena, cuera, llueta, felpa