The candela (/kænˈdɛlə/ or /kænˈdiːlə/; symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous...

Battlefield illumination is technology that improves visibility for military forces operating in difficult low-light conditions. The risks and dangers...

Vienna: CIE - International Commission on Illumination. ISBN 978-3-902842-23-7. "Base unit definitions: Candela". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units...

historical candlepower is equal to 0.981 candelas. In modern usage, candlepower is sometimes used as a synonym for candela. The term candlepower was originally...

Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources...

that 0 K is absolute zero, and the candela, which is roughly equivalent to the international candle unit of illumination – were introduced. Later, another...

measurement for the importance of this contrast). The SI unit for luminance is candela per square metre (cd/m2). A non-SI term for the same unit is the nit. The...

inside surface of a one-foot-radius sphere with a point source of one candela at its center. Alternatively, it can be defined as the illuminance of one...

light present, and the illuminance as a measure of the intensity of illumination on a surface. A given amount of light will illuminate a surface more...

The Bacardi buildings of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Felix Candela are located in the Greater Mexico City, Mexico. This site was added to the UNESCO...