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What does candlepower mean?

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Noun
  1. (dated) unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas
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Think of lumens as the overall report card for the total semester of a flashlight's performance while candlepower is the score on just one test.
This 75,000 candlepower monster is contained in a 12-inch machined aluminium case and will run for up to an hour on one charge.
Readers won't mind trading some stylistic candlepower for the chapters about Hemon's marriages and his baby daughter's illness.
Our metal halides had lost a large amount of their candlepower, and we wanted to improve the overall lighting.
Aladdin Mantle Lamps use kerosene and emit 60 candlepower of light without smoke or odor.
Hermetically sealed and unbreakable, industrial-strength adhesive, 47,000 microprisms per square inch provides superior candlepower.

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