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Bass Pro Candlepower
Powerful spotlights. Ideal for your next camping or hunting trip.
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can⋅dle⋅pow⋅er

  [kan-dl-pou-er]
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–noun Optics.
(formerly) a measure of luminous intensity expressed in candles.
Also, candle power.

Origin:
1875–80; candle + power
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Bass Pro Candlepower
Powerful spotlights. Ideal for your next camping or hunting trip.
www.BassPro.com
can·dle·pow·er   (kān'dl-pou'ər)   
n.   Abbr. cp
Luminous intensity expressed in candelas.
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candlepower   (kān'dl-pou'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
Luminous intensity, expressed in candelas.
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candlepower

unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 1012 hertz and has a radiant intensity in that same direction of 1683 watt per steradian (unit solid angle). The candela has replaced the standard candle or lamp as a unit of luminous intensity in calculations involving artificial lighting and is sometimes called the "new candle."

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