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candela

SI unit of luminous intensity
Intangible si_base_unit Q83216
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Summary

candela is a SI base unit[1]. candela draws 5,269 Wikipedia views per month (si base unit category, ranking #7 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: UCUM base unit[3], unit of luminous intensity[4]
  • Measured physical quantity: luminous intensity[5], conventional retinal illuminance[6], natural pupil luminance[7], luminous flux[8]
  • Named after: candle[9]
  • Commons category: Candela (luminous intensity unit)[10]
  • Said to be the same as: new candle[11]
  • Unicode character: ㏅[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14]
  • Replaces: candlepower[15]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 1[16]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: 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)[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
  • Unit symbol: cd[19], кд[20], kd[21]

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Influence

Things named for candela include candela per square metre[22], an unit of luminance[23].

Why It Matters

candela has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] candela is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for candela include candela per square metre[22], an unit of luminance[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . 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. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → candlepower
    Instance of → SI base unit, UCUM base unit, unit of luminous intensity
    Named after → candle
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||eu, fi, fr, id, ca, cs, de, es, en, sc, lb, en-us */ Удаление меток/псевдонимов, дублирующих [[WD:MUL|mul]]-метки, с помощью [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundant"
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