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international candle

noun

a former international unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a standard candle and later in terms of a pentane-burning lamp. It has now been replaced by the candela

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international, International Association of Lions Clubs, international atomic time, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Brigade, international candle, International Code, International Code of Signals, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Police Organization, International Date Line
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