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Meaning of "standard candle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STANDARD CANDLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STANDARD CANDLE

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conjunction
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exclamation
Standard candle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STANDARD CANDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

standard candle

Cosmic distance ladder

The cosmic distance ladder is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects. A real direct distance measurement of an astronomical object is possible only for those objects that are "close enough" to Earth. The techniques for determining distances to more distant objects are all based on various measured correlations between methods that work at close distances with methods that work at larger distances. Several methods rely on a standard candle, which is an astronomical object that has a known luminosity. The ladder analogy arises because no one technique can measure distances at all ranges encountered in astronomy. Instead, one method can be used to measure nearby distances, a second can be used to measure nearby to intermediate distances, and so on. Each rung of the ladder provides information that can be used to determine the distances at the next higher rung.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STANDARD CANDLE

standard amenities
standard assessment tasks
standard assessment tests
standard attainment tests
standard cell
standard class
standard clause
standard cost
standard deviation
Standard English
standard error
standard function
standard gauge
standard generalized mark-up language
Standard Grade
standard housing benefit
standard issue
standard lamp
standard model
standard normal distribution

WORDS THAT END LIKE STANDARD CANDLE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of standard candle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «standard candle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STANDARD CANDLE

Find out the translation of standard candle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of standard 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 «standard candle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

标准烛光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

candela estándar
570 millions of speakers

English

standard candle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानक मोमबत्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شمعة القياسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стандарт свеча
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vela padrão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ট্যান্ডার্ড মোমবাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bougie standard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lilin standard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Standardkerzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

標準ろうそく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표준 촛불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Standar lilin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nến tiêu chuẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான மெழுகுவர்த்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानक मेणबत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Standart mum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

candela standard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwykła świeca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Стандарт свічка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumânare standard de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρότυπο κερί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

standaard kers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

standard stearinljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

standard stearinlys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of standard candle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDARD CANDLE»

The term «standard candle» is normally little used and occupies the 143.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDARD CANDLE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANDARD CANDLE»

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The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
Recently, however, Baldwin has BOX 14.2 Extragalactic Distance Indicators Local distance indicators: Classical Cepheids (standard candle) Novae (standard candle) RR Lyrae variables (standard candle) W Virginis stars (standard candle)  ...
Frank H. Shu, 1982
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3K, SN's, Clusters: Hunting the Cosmological Parameters with ...
Yet, we currently do not know a pure standard candle in astronomy. The concept of standard candles involves not only the secure establishment of a unique luminosity but also a clear observational distinction of the objects as a class.
Domingos Barbosa, António da Silva, Ana Mourão, 2004
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An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology
Suppose that the V-band (i.e. the visual band) is used, and that in this band the observed flux density from a standard candle is Fv. What implication does this have for the use of that standard candle, and how should Equation 2.3 be modified ...
Mark H. Jones, Robert J. Lambourne, 2004
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On the Shores of the Unknown: A Short History of the Universe
2.4.1 Standard candles are biased The basic problem is to find a good 'standard candle' that is the same in distant galaxies as in nearby galaxies. Such an object would be the cosmologist's metre stick, providing a metric measure of distance.
Joseph Silk, 2005
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The standard electrical dictionary: a complete manual of the ...
(See Candle, Decimal — Candle, German Standard — Candle, Standard.) Candle, Concentric. An electric candle of the Jablochkoff type, having a small solid carbon inside of an outside tubular carbon, the space between being filled with ...
Thomas O'Conor Sloane, Arthur Eugene Watson, 1920
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
See irilluminatiun.— Standard candle, a candle used in photometry as a standard of Illuminating power. For many years the recognized legal standard in England and the United States has been the light of the British standard candle, and in ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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Astronomy For Dummies
... is expanding. I cover these topics in the following sections. Standard. candles: How. do. scientists. measure. galaxg. distances? Most strategies for measuring distance require some kind of standard candle, the cosmic equivalent of a ...
Stephen P. Maran, 2012
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Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis
This is the illumination received by a standard candle at one foot distance. The candle loses in burning 120 grams per hour. 1 foot-candle = 10.76 lux. Candle- power. The comparison of the illumination of a light with one standard candle.
‎1922
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American Gas Light Journal
The distribution curve determined by him ran from 69° above the horizontal, to 75 ° below the horizontal, and he ascribed a value to the candle of 1.06 in a horizontal direction. As the candle assumed in the above question is a standard candle, ...
‎1909
10
Popular Science
In practical work on photometry it is often required to ascertain the value of gas. Gas is spoken of commercially as of so many candle-power. There is a certain " standard " candle which is supposed to be made invariable by act of Parliament.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STANDARD CANDLE»

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At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, ... Chris Morrissey: 'Standard Candle' (Friday and Saturday) The bassist Chris Morrissey ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
2
Supernova differences could change our understanding of dark …
These objects have been termed "standard candles." The most useful object for measuring great distances is the type Ia supernova. These supernovae are ... «Ars Technica, Apr 15»
3
Better 'cosmic candles' to illuminate dark energy
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics went to a trio of scientists who used these standard candles to determine that our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. «Symmetry magazine, Mar 15»
4
Oh Hell Yes: The Diptyque Sample Sale Is Here, and It's Stocked
Alas, the crowd had already arrived and cleaned out the Baies standard candles, just 30 minutes into the preview. But don't despair—we were told they will be ... «Racked NY, Mar 15»
5
GRBs: A New Standard Candle?
One of the simplest methods is to use standard candles — objects with a known intrinsic brightness — and infer their distances based on how bright they appear ... «SkyandTelescope.com, Aug 14»
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'Standard candles' illuminate the far side of the Milky Way
This artist's impression of the Milky Way Galaxy seen from outside shows the Sun (large yellow circle) and some of the well studied nearby Cepheids (pale blue ... «Phys.Org, May 14»
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A close look a the nearest standard candle supernova in several …
Supernova 2014J in the nearby galaxy M82 -less than 12 million light-years away- exploded on January 14, 2014 and was the closest "standard candle" ... «Space Daily, Mar 14»
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Astronomers Found the Closest Supernova in a Decade
They do this using supernovae as “standard candles” to help determine distances on a comic scale. Standard candles are objects that emit known amount of ... «Motherboard, Mar 14»
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A close look at the nearest “standard candle” supernova
Supernova 2014J in the nearby galaxy M82 — less than 12 million light-years away — exploded January 14, 2014, and was the closest “standard candle” ... «Astronomy Magazine, Mar 14»
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Hubble captures amazing photo of a supernova at its brightest
Type Ia supernovae are a very special type of stellar collapse because they provide so-called “standard candles” for distance measurement. This means that ... «Geek, Feb 14»

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