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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Candle meter

· IPA
01 The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.
  1. 1.
    The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.(Photom.)