apparent candlepower

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noun Optics.

a measure of the luminous intensity of an extended source of light in terms of the candlepower of a point source of light that has an equivalent luminous intensity when placed at the same distance as the extended source.

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Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
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Neither is unnerved by her apparent anger, nor do they see her as threatening.
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Yet according to Hamilton, “it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.”
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Nowhere is this new family dynamic more apparent than around the holidays.
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He heard himself saying lightly, though with apparent lack of interest: 'How curious, Lettice, how very odd!
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
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The apparent slightness of these English changes reveals their deliberate subtlety.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Increase of hemoglobin, or hyperchromemia, is uncommon, and is probably more apparent than real.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

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