apparent candlepower: Meaning and Definition of

appar'ent can'dlepower

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— Optics. Optics.
  1. a measure of the luminous intensity of an extended source of light in terms of the candlepower of a point source of light that has an equivalent luminous intensity when placed at the same distance as the extended source.
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