candlepower

/kan-dl-pou-er/US // ˈkæn dlˌpaʊ ər //UK // (ˈkændəlˌpaʊə) //

烛光功率,烛功率,烛光,烛光效应

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Optics.
- : a measure of luminous intensity expressed in candles. Abbreviation: CP

Lamps of various candlepower may be turned into the sockets to obtain different currents.
The lamps should be of low voltage and need not be very high in candlepower.
One farm (that of the owner of the wheel) has 30 lamps, of 16 candlepower each, and two barn-yard lamps of 92 candlepower each.
In an ordinary 16 candlepower carbon lamp, the resistance of this filament is 220 ohms.
The new nitrogen lamp, not yet in general use, requires only ½ watt to the candlepower.