candle

Summary

candle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• candle's manufacturer is recorded as candle-maker^[2].
• candle is made of wax^[3].
• candle is a type of portable light source^[4].
• candle is a type of goods^[5].
• candle is a type of energy storage^[6].
• candle is a type of long and narrow object^[7].
• candle is part of candelabra^[8].
• candle is used for lighting^[9].
• candle is used for heating^[10].
• candle is used for perfumery^[11].
• candle's Commons category is recorded as Candles^[12].
• candle's Unicode character is recorded as 🕯^[13].
• candle comprises wax^[14].
• candle comprises candle wick^[15].
• candle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Candles^[16].
• candle's Commons gallery is recorded as Candle^[17].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[18].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[22].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• candle's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[25].
• candle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include portable light source^[4], goods^[5], energy storage^[6], and long and narrow object^[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include lighting^[9], heating^[10], and perfumery^[11]. Components include wax^[14], a ChEBI Ontology term^[27] and candle wick^[15], a product category^[28]. candle is part of candelabra^[8].

Influence

Things named for candle include candela^[29], a SI base unit^[30]; candle auction^[31]; and La Bougie du Sapeur^[32], a newspaper^[33], in France^[34], founded in 1980^[35].

Why It Matters

candle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).^[1] candle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] candle is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for candle include candela^[29], a SI base unit^[30]; candle auction^[31]; and La Bougie du Sapeur^[32], a newspaper^[33], in France^[34], founded in 1980^[35].