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international candle

 
–noun Optics.
candle (def. 3b).
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can·dle     (kān'dl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
    2. Something resembling this object in shape or use.
    3. Abbr. c An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to 1.02 candelas. Also called international candle.
    4. See candela.
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    1. Abbr. c An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to 1.02 candelas. Also called international candle.
    2. See candela.

tr.v.   can·dled, can·dling, can·dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.


[Middle English candel, from Old English and from Anglo-Norman candele, both from Latin candēla, from candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]

can'dler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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international candle  
n.   See candle.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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international candle

noun
a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela 

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