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foot-can•dle
Pronunciation: (foot'kan'dl), [key]—
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,foot'can'dle.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.