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Meanings of standard candle in English
One of several types of star with common characteristics that may be used to calculate the distance to celestial bodies.
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Usage of standard candle in English
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Mr. Vernon Harcourt's standard flame is equal to an average standard candle.
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On the right, 428 glowers steady as a standard candle.
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A standard candle may be considered to emit an amount of light approximately equal to 10 lumens.
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A standard candle when burning vitiates the air in a room almost as much as an adult person.
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Technically, it's from a standard candle-whichis a candle that produces a flame of a particular, reproducible brightness.
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For this reason it can be used as a standard candle to measure the expansion rate of the universe.
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This is roughly the maximum amount of oil that standard candle wax will hold before it weeps or bleeds oil.
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Hence, putting x to represent the illuminating power of the acetylene in standard candles, we have:
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They could be used as " standard candles"- atermshe coined and still in universal use.
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The Type 1A supernovas and Cepheid variables, then, are both additional examples of what astronomers call standard candles.
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