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footcandle

footcandle is the alternative form of foot candle.

Meaning of foot candle

Noun

foot candle (plural foot candles)

  1. A measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot.

Forms of footcandle

pluralfootcandles

Questions about footcandle

What is footcandle the alternative form of?
Footcandle is the alternative form of foot candle.

Words near footcandle in the dictionary

  1. footbreadth
  2. footbreadths
  3. footbridge
  4. footbridged
  5. footbridges
  6. footcandle
  7. footcandles
  8. footcare
  9. footcave
  10. footcaves
  11. footcloth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: footcandle (page history and authors); foot candle (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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