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Meanings of standard candle in English

Portuguese
vela
Catalan
cd

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.

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        vela
        Portuguese
        baliza astronômica
        Spanish
        candelas estandar
        Catalan
        candela estàndard

        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
              1
              Mr. Vernon Harcourt's standard flame is equal to an average standard candle.
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              2
              On the right, 428 glowers steady as a standard candle.
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              3
              A standard candle may be considered to emit an amount of light approximately equal to 10 lumens.
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              4
              A standard candle when burning vitiates the air in a room almost as much as an adult person.
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              5
              Technically, it's from a standard candle-whichis a candle that produces a flame of a particular, reproducible brightness.
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              6
              For this reason it can be used as a standard candle to measure the expansion rate of the universe.
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              7
              This is roughly the maximum amount of oil that standard candle wax will hold before it weeps or bleeds oil.
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              8
              Hence, putting x to represent the illuminating power of the acetylene in standard candles, we have:
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              9
              They could be used as " standard candles"- atermshe coined and still in universal use.
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              10
              The Type 1A supernovas and Cepheid variables, then, are both additional examples of what astronomers call standard candles.
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