FOOT-CANDLE


Meaning of FOOT-CANDLE in English

/foot"kan"dl/ , n. Optics.

a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbr.: FC

Also, footcandle .

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .