Definition of Hefner candle
:a German standard unit of luminous intensity equal to about 0.92 of the candela
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Hefner candle
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Hef·ner candle
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Origin and Etymology of hefner candle
after Friedrich von Hefner -Alteneck †1904 German electrical engineer
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