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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOT-CANDLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOT-CANDLE

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Foot-Candle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOOT-CANDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Foot-candle

A foot-candle is a non-SI unit of illuminance or light intensity widely used in the United States in photography, film, television, conservation lighting, the lighting industry, construction-related engineering and in building codes. The name "footcandle" conveys "the illuminance cast on a surface by a one-candela source one foot away". As natural as this sounds, this style of name is now frowned upon, because dimensionally illuminance is not length times luminous intensity as the name would imply but instead luminous intensity per unit area. General Electric's "foot candle" advertising novelty The unit is defined as the amount of illumination the inside surface of a one-foot-radius sphere would be receiving if there were a uniform point source of one candela in the exact center of the sphere. Alternatively, it can be defined as the illuminance on a one-square foot surface of which there is a uniformly distributed flux of one lumen. Thus one foot-candle is equal to one lumen per square foot or approximately 10.764 lux.

Definition of foot-candle in the English dictionary

The definition of foot-candle in the dictionary is a former unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square foot or 10.764 lux.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOT-CANDLE

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foot-and-mouth
foot-and-mouth disease
foot-dragging
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foot-pound
foot-pound-second
foot-pound-second unit
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOT-CANDLE

bell, book, and candle
candle
crank handle
dandle
dead man´s handle
door handle
fly off the handle
handle
kindle
manhandle
mishandle
not worth the candle
outhandle
panhandle
Roman candle
standard candle
starting handle
stickhandle
tallow candle
votive candle
wandle

Synonyms and antonyms of foot-candle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «foot-candle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOT-CANDLE

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The translations of foot-candle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foot-candle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英尺烛光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foot-candle
570 millions of speakers

English

foot-candle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैर मोमबत्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أقدام شمعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фут-свеча
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pé - vela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুট মোমবাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pied - bougie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lilin kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fuß - Kerze
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フートキャンドル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피트 촛불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lilin sikil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân nến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடி மெழுகுவர்த்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाय-मेणबत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayak mum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foot- candle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Świeca stóp
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фут - свічка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picior - lumânare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόδι - κερί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voet - kers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mul - ljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foot- candle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foot-candle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT-CANDLE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT-CANDLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foot-candle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOT-CANDLE»

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Industrial Electricity
This unit of measurement is the foot-candle. One foot-candle is the intensity of illumination on a plane 1 foot away from a lighting source of 1 candlepower and at a right angle to the light rays from the source. Figure 14—2 illustrates a light ...
Michael Brumbach, 2010
2
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food and Flowers in ...
A foot-candle is a unit of illuminance equal to the direct illumination on a square foot of surface 1 foot (about 0.3 m) from a standardized source called an international candle (one might expect that to mean a special candle only found at the ...
Shane Smith, Marjorie C. Leggitt, 2000
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Gardening Indoors with HID Lights
Another way to look at this concept with daylight neutral plants such as lettuce is to understand foot-candle hours, the amount of total foot-candles in relation to the hours one foot-candle shines on a garden. For example, a garden that receives ...
George F. Van Patten, Alyssa F. Bust, 1997
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Climate and Agriculture: An Ecological Survey
One foot-candle aquals 10.76 lux. It expresses only the intensity of visible light. The conversion factor from foot-candle into langley varies with cloudiness and the angle of the sun. In 1924, Kimball established the following conversions at ...
Jen Hu Chang
5
Popular Science
The unit of measuring the intensity of illumination of any surface is called a foot- candle. A foot-candle represents an intensity of illumination equal to that produced by one standard candle at a point upon a plane one foot distant from the candle ...
6
Why Rattlesnakes Rattle: ...and 250 Other Things You Should Know
What Is a Foot—Candle? Foot—candle is a dated term used as a unit of measure of illumina— tion. It is equal to the illumination or luminous intensity produced on a surface by one standard (known) candle at a distance of one foot from the ...
Valeri R. Helterbran, 2012
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Community Health Nursing
Lighting standard for some places includes the following: Living room — 7 foot candle Stairs — 2-4 foot candle Class and Library room — 10 foot candle Hotel — 6 foot candle Office general — 10 foot candle Hospital ward — 3 foot candle ...
Basavanthappa, 2008
8
The Complete Guide for CPP Examination Preparation
0.5 foot-candle b. 1.0 foot-candle c. 1.5 foot-candles d. 2.0 foot-candles e. 3.0 foot -candles 34. Water approaches that extend to 100 feet from the pier should be illuminated to at least: a. 0.5 foot-candle b. 1.0 foot-candle c. 1.5 foot-candles d.
James P. Muuss, CPP, Anthony V. DiSalvatore (CPP, PSP & PCI), David Rabern, CPP, 2006
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(d) The floor of the passageway leading to each floor-level passenger emergency exit, between the main aisles and the exit openings, must be provided with illumination that is not less than 0.02 foot-candle measured along a line that is within ...
10
Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical ...
... Feet / 100 feet Firkin Firkin Foot-candle F0 ot-candle Foot-candle Foot-candle Foot-candle Foot-candle Foot-Lambert Foot- Lambert Foot-Lambert Foot- Lambert Foot-Lambert Foot-Lambert Foot-Lambert Foot-pound Fo ot-pound Foot- pound ...
Ernest E. Ludwig, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOT-CANDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foot-candle is used in the context of the following news items.
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LED retail lighting: Solais enhances Tumi, Erco sells olive oil
"Our foot-candle level has increased dramatically, the light is much whiter and crisper than before with no maintenance, and the fixtures really ... «LEDs Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Newton Town Council Makes Changes to Lighting Standards …
Minimum horizontal illuminance: .05 fc An fc is foot-candle, which is a unit of illumination equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of ... «TAPinto.net, May 15»
3
Riverview Park seen in a different light
We'll probably keep our lighting in the 57-60 foot-candle range, which will be a major improvement over the 35 we had in our old lighting.”. «The Star, May 15»
4
Editor's Picks #416
... are compliant" but then provided some general notes about testing/accessibility, battery backups and minimum foot-candle requirements. «Archinect, May 15»
5
Behind the scenes with Monet and friends at the Harn
The amount of light that shines on a painting during a show is regulated by the lender and measured in in foot candles (with a foot-candle ... «University of Florida, Mar 15»
6
Methacton School District's appeal of Worcester lights decision …
The appeal alleges the supervisors erred in not granting a 50 foot-candle illuminance for the stadium field and a 30-foot illuminance for the ... «The Times Herald, Jan 15»
7
Glare from Fountain Valley sign could affect Costa Mesa homes
The homes would be susceptible to around 0.03 foot-candle, or 3% of the light from a single, wax candle. Citing concerns on the State Streets, ... «Daily Pilot, Jan 15»
8
Ithaca Planning Board Does Not Endorse Variance for Marriott Sign
The proposed 130 foot-candle (a unit to measure brightness) sign would radiate at a final 80 foot-candles after being covered with red vinyl. «ithaca.com, Dec 14»
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Neighbors weigh in on Manchester Field lights plan
A foot-candle contains the brightness of one street lamp. “If these lights were installed when I first bought my house… I would not have bought it ... «Wicked Local Winchester, Nov 14»
10
Martinez: Proposed Waterfront Park improvements and paying …
Dillingham responded with diagrams, including foot-candle calculations, for light poles' effects on individual houses on Marina Vista and ... «Contra Costa Times, Oct 14»

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