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Definition of Standard candle

1. 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.

Definition of Standard candle

1. Noun. (astronomy) Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Standard Candle

Literary usage of Standard candle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The range and character of the fluctuations of the British standard candle may be seen from the curve in Fig. 7 which is taken from measurements made by ..."

2. A Treatise on Light by Robert Alexander Houstoun (1915)
"The standard candle. This is the historical unit of intensity of a light source. ... The British standard candle is a spermaceti candle, £ inch in diameter, ..."

3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The comparison of the illumination of a light with one standard candle. A simple method for determination is to place the light and the burning candle 60 ..."

4. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"In this country the standard light to which photometric measurements are referred is that obtained from what is known as a standard candle. ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The range and character of the fluctuations of the British standard candle may be seen from the curve in Fig. 7 which is taken from measurements made by ..."

6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"427, is an example of this form of instrument. The standard candle ... —The light to be measured and a standard candle are placed on opposite sides of a ..."

7. Convention by Convention, National Electric Light Association (1904)
"We will take up the report of the committee on standard candle-power of incandescent lamps, Dr. Louis Bell, chairman. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STANDARD ..."

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