Hefner candle
[ hef-ner ]
nounOptics.
a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
Origin of Hefner candle
1First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Friedrich von Hefner- Alteneck (1845–1904), German electrical engineer
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