candela

SI unit of luminous intensity
Intangible si_base_unit Q83216
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candela

Summary

candela is a SI base unit[1]. candela draws 403 Wikipedia views per month (si_base_unit category, ranking #7 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • candela's instance of is recorded as SI base unit[3].
  • candela's instance of is recorded as UCUM base unit[4].
  • candela's instance of is recorded as unit of luminous intensity[5].
  • candela's measured physical quantity is recorded as luminous intensity[6].
  • candela's measured physical quantity is recorded as conventional retinal illuminance[7].
  • candela's measured physical quantity is recorded as natural pupil luminance[8].
  • candela's measured physical quantity is recorded as luminous flux[9].
  • candle is named after candela[10].
  • candela's GND ID is recorded as 1025833252[11].
  • candela's Commons category is recorded as Candela (luminous intensity unit)[12].
  • candela's said to be the same as is recorded as new candle[13].
  • candela's Unicode character is recorded as ㏅[14].
  • candela's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n0v[15].
  • candela's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0089684[16].
  • candela's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • candela's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • candela's replaces is recorded as candlepower[19].
  • candela's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/candela[20].
  • candela's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q83216', 'amount': '+1'}[21].
  • candela's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2041144[22].
  • candela's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3540897[23].
  • candela's QUDT unit ID is recorded as CD[24].
  • candela's NE.se ID is recorded as candela[25].
  • candela's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as candela[26].
  • candela's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q83216 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for candela include candela per square metre[28], an unit of luminance[29].

Why It Matters

candela draws 403 Wikipedia views per month (si_base_unit category, ranking #7 of 7).[2] candela has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] candela is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for candela include candela per square metre[28], an unit of luminance[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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