candlepower

unit of luminous intensity
Intangible obsolete_unit_of_measurement Q902274
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candlepower

Summary

candlepower is an obsolete unit of measurement[1]. candlepower draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (obsolete_unit_of_measurement category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • candlepower's instance of is recorded as obsolete unit of measurement[3].
  • candlepower's measured physical quantity is recorded as luminous intensity[4].
  • candlepower's said to be the same as is recorded as new candle[5].
  • +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of candlepower[6].
  • candlepower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vk7cp[7].
  • candlepower's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Gas Act 1860[8].
  • candlepower's replaced by is recorded as candela[9].
  • candlepower's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q83216', 'amount': '+0.981'}[10].
  • candlepower's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q83216', 'amount': '+1.0114'}[11].
  • candlepower's QUDT unit ID is recorded as CP[12].
  • candlepower's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as normallys[13].
  • candlepower's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cp'}[14].
  • candlepower's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i63802[15].
  • candlepower's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780051523[16].
  • candlepower's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "MetricCandlepowers"[17].
  • candlepower's QUDT dimension ID is recorded as A0E0L0I1M0H0T0D0[18].

Why It Matters

candlepower draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (obsolete_unit_of_measurement category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] candlepower has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] candlepower is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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