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Candle Definition And Meaning |
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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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