Carcel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Carcel is a noun meaning (historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
Meaning
(historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
Example Sentences
In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel.
When experimenting in Paris with a No. 3 lamp in a vertical direction, it showed a consumption of 34.6 liters (1.2 cubic feet) per carcel obtained.
Desroziers in a series of experiments obtained as much as 250 carcel spherical luminous value per horse-power; this characteristic is one likely to be of great value in electric lighting by incandescence of high intensity.
Word Forms
- carcels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include candle, candlepower, candelabra, cordel, candler, celemin.
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