Candela

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A unit of luminous intensity equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a blackbody radiating at the temperature of solidification of platinum (2,046°K). Also called candle. See Table at measurement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    candle    cd    standard candle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adela    Annabella    Arabella    Bela    Bella    Brunella    Capella    Cela    Cinderella    Corella   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts