foot-candle

or foot·can·dle

[ foot-kan-dl ]

nounOptics.
  1. a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC

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Origin of foot-candle

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First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use foot-candle in a sentence

  • A lumen is the quantity of light which falls on one square foot if the intensity of illumination is one foot-candle.

    Artificial Light | M. Luckiesh

British Dictionary definitions for foot-candle

foot-candle

noun
  1. a former unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square foot or 10.764 lux

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