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You cannot 'measure' light. However, there is the light-year, a measurement of the distance light can travel in one year.

there are many. Lumens, cadlepower, foot candles and candelas. There are probably a few more.

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Photon is elementary particle of light and electromagnetic energies

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That would depend what you want to measure about the light - its speed, its color, its wavelength, its intensity, its luminosity, etc.

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A unit of light is called a photon.

Lumen

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Light have no sI unit

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What unit of metric measurement is most useful for light microscopy?

micrometer


Which unit of measurement represents the distance light travels in one year light-year or parsec?

"light-year"


Which unit of measurement uses the distance light travels in one year 9470000000000?

The distance light travels in one year is called a light-year. To get the number 9,470,000,000,000, the unit used is the kilometer.


What is the si standard unit for measurement or lengths?

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What is Standard unit?

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Which unit of measurement uses the distance light travels in one year - 9470000000000km?

The unit of measurement is the "light year".


The candela is a unit of measurement of what?

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When do you use a light year?

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When do you use a light-year?

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What unit of metric measurement is most useful for light microscopy?

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What is the unit of measurement of the distances of the stars from the earth?

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