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A candela is a unit of measurement for light sources and light emissions. Light beams projects different color at different wavelengths, and a candela is used to measure the intensity of the light.

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The Candela is a unit of luminosity.

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What is the unit measurement candela?

candela measures the amount of light emitted in the range of a (three- dimensional) angular span.


What is the unit of luminious intensity?

candela--------------------------------------------The official international definition of candela (1979) is:"The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 x 10e12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian".


How many meters are in a candela?

The meter is a unit of length, the candela is a unit of luminous intensity.


Candela Ounce Newton SI base unit?

There is no unit, base or derived, called a candela ounce


What is te SI base unit for luinous intensity?

Intensity is measured in Candela. Candela is its SI unit.


What unit is the metric system of measurement based on?

It is based on seven base units (kilogram, meter, second, kelvin, ampere, candela, mole).


In what unit is luminance measured?

The unit of measurement for luminance in the International System of Units (SI) candela per square metre. In the Centimetre-gram-second system of units, the unit of luminance is the stilb.


What is a unit of luminance called?

"Candela"


What is the standard unit of measurement in the international system of measurement?

In the United States they use the old Imperial system of measurement, which the rest of the world abandoned centuries ago in favor of the metric system.


What is the basic unit of light in the metric system?

The unit of luminous intensity is a candela.


What is Si unit of luminous intensity?

In the SI the unit of luminous intensity is candela(cd).


Unit of radiation?

The candela (Cd) is the SI basic unit of luminous intensity, or light radiation.