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candelas

candelas is the plural of candela.

Meaning of candela

Noun

candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)

  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

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Proper noun capitalized: Candelas

Candelas

  1. (plural) plural of Candela

Questions about candelas

What is candelas the plural of?
Candelas is the plural of candela.
What part of speech is candelas?
Candelas is a proper noun.

Words near candelas in the dictionary

  1. candelae
  2. Candelaria
  3. Candelaria de la Frontera
  4. Candelario
  5. Candelarios
  6. candelas
  7. candelilla
  8. candelilla wax
  9. candelilla waxes
  10. candelillas
  11. Candelo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candelas (page history and authors); Candelas (page history and authors); candela (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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