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new candles

new candles is the plural of new candle.

Meaning of new candle

Noun

new candle (plural new candles)

  1. (historical) A unit of luminous intensity, such that the brightness of the full radiator at the temperature of solidification of platinum is 60 new candles per square centimetre; superseded by the candela.

Questions about new candles

What is new candles the plural of?
New candles is the plural of new candle.

Words near new candles in the dictionary

  1. New Caledonian sea kraits
  2. New Caledonian thicketbird
  3. New Caledonians
  4. New Canaan
  5. new candle
  6. new candles
  7. new canvas
  8. new canvases
  9. New Carrollton
  10. New Castile
  11. New Castle

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