candle
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Noun (2)candles
- stick of wax with a wick in the middleSynonyms: taperwax lightType of lampKinds rushlight, dip, vigil light, chandleryParts candlewick, wick
- the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme 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 KelvinSynonyms: candelacdstandard candleType of luminous intensity unit, candlepower unit
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Translations
Noun a light source
- Spanish
- vela
- French
- bougie
- German
- Kerze
- Italian
- candela
- Portuguese
- vela
- Turkish
- mum
- Russian
- свеча́ svečá
- Arabic
- شَمْعَة šamʕa
- Chinese
- 蜡烛 làzhú
- Japanese
- ろうそく rōsoku
34 more languages
- Dutch
- kaars
- Polish
- świeca
- Swedish
- ljus
- Greek
- κερί kerí
- Korean
- 양초 yangcho
- Indonesian
- lilin
- Vietnamese
- nến
- Hungarian
- gyertya
- Portuguese (PT)
- vela
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 蠟燭 làzhú
- Albanian
- qiri
- Breton
- kantol
- Catalan
- espelma
- Czech
- svíce
- Danish
- lys
- Esperanto
- kandelo
- Estonian
- küünal
- Finnish
- kynttilä
- Georgian
- სანთელი santeli
- Hebrew
- נֵר ner
- Icelandic
- kerti
- Kurdish
- mûm
- Latvian
- svece
- Lithuanian
- žvakė
- Malagasy
- labozia
- Norwegian
- stearinlys
- Romanian
- lumânare
- Scottish Gaelic
- coinneal
- Serbo-Croatian
- svijeća
- Slovak
- svieca
- Slovenian
- sveča
- Swahili
- mshumaa
- Welsh
- cannwyll
- Yiddish
- ליכט likht
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. candëre 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.— William Shakespeare
☞ 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.— William Shakespeare
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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