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unit:CP

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/CP
Types: qudt:Unit
PredicateObject
rdf:type qudt:Unit
dcterms:description
"Candlepower" (abbreviated as cp) is a now-obsolete unit which was used to express levels of light intensity in terms of the light emitted by a candle of specific size and constituents. In modern usage Candlepower equates directly to the unit known as the candela.
qudt:applicableSystem sou:CGS
qudt:conversionMultiplier 1.0
qudt:conversionMultiplierSN 1.0E0
qudt:dbpediaMatch http://dbpedia.org/resource/Candlepower
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L0I1M0H0T0D0
qudt:hasQuantityKind quantitykind:LuminousIntensity
qudt:informativeReference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlepower?oldid=491140098
qudt:scalingOf unit:CD
qudt:symbol “cp”
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q902274
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/unit
rdfs:label
  • “Candlepower”
  • “Candlepower”@en
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