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Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.

n with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. -- Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being plac…

tained at a very high temperature and require an expenditure of only about 1.25 watts per candle power.