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Definition of candela noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

candela

noun

NAmE//kænˈdɛlə//

, NAmE//kænˈdilə//

(abbreviation cd) (physics)

a unit for measuring the amount of light that shines in a particular direction

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