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Candle

Candle Meaning & Definition
Candle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Candle?

[n] stick of wax with a wick in the middle
[n] the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
[v] examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

Synonyms | Synonyms for Candle: candela | cd | standard candle | taper | wax light

Related Terms | Find terms related to Candle: Agnus Dei | ark | ASA scale | asperger | asperges | aspergillum | bambino | bayberry candle | beadroll | beads | bougie | bougie decimale | British candle | candle lumen | candle power | candle-foot | candle-hour | candle-meter | censer | chaplet | ciborium | corpse candle | cross | crucifix | cruet | decimal candle | dip | electric light bulb | eucharistial | exposure meter | farthing dip | fire | flame | flux | Hefner candle | holy cross | Holy Grail | holy water | holy-water sprinkler | Host | icon | illuminant | illuminator | incandescent body | incensory | intensity | international candle | lamp | lamp-hour | lantern | light | light bulb | light meter | light quantum | light source | lumen | lumen meter | lumen-hour | lumeter | luminant | luminary | luminous flux | luminous intensity | luminous power | lux | match | matzo | menorah | mezuzah | mikvah | monstrance | moon | osculatory | ostensorium | paschal candle | pax | photon | phylacteries | Pieta | prayer shawl | prayer wheel | pyx | quantum | relics | rood | rosary | rush candle | rushlight | sacramental | sacred relics | sacring bell | Sanctus bell | Sangraal | Scheiner scale | shofar | source of light | stars | sukkah | sun | tabernacle | tallith | tallow candle | tallow dip | taper | thurible | torch | unit of flux | unit of light | urceole | veronica | vigil light | votary candle | votive candle | wax candle

See Also | candlepower unit | candlewick | examine | lamp | luminous intensity unit | rush candle | rushlight | see | vigil candle | vigil light | wick

Candle In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"dle\, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand["e]re to be white. See {Candid}, and cf. {Chandler}, {Cannel}, {Kindle}.] 1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak. Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (``dipped candles''), or by casting or running in a mold. 2. That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak. {Candle nut}, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub ({Aleurites triloba}), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn 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 placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, {Jablockoff candle}. {Excommunication by inch of candle}, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. {Not worth the candle}, not worth the cost or trouble. {Rush candle}, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. {Sale by inch of candle}, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. {Standard candle} (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. {To curse by bell, book and candle}. See under {Bell}.

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