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candela (cd)
The base unit of luminous intensity in the SI system of units. One (cd) candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 Hz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.
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