English

Etymology
Old English candel.

Noun
Image:Candle.jpg|thumb|100px|a candle (1)
en-noun

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
2. An old unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
3. In forestry, a fast growing, light colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer highlighted to one�s view.

Related terms
candelabrum
candlepower
candlestick

Translations
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Amharic: ��
Arabic: ARchar|ش�عة (šam�a) f
Bulgarian: �ве� (svešt) f
Chinese: �� (là.zhú)
Czech: svíce f, sví�ka f
Dutch: kaars f
Estonian: küünal
Finnish: kynttilä
French: bougie f
German: Kerze f
Hausa: kyándìr�
Hebrew: נר (ner) m (1)
Hungarian gyertya
Icelandic: kerti n
Ido: bujio
Indonesian: lilin
Isthmus Zapotec: guiʼriʼ
Italian: candela f
Japanese: �� (����) (r�soku)
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Korean: ì´� (cho)
Maltese: xemgħa f
Polish: �wieca f, �wieczka f
Portuguese: vela f
Russian: �ве�а (sve�á) f
Serbian: sve�a f, lojanica f (tallow candle), voštanica f, (wax candle)
Somali: shumac
Spanish: vela f, candela f, cirio m
Swahili: mshumaa, mishumaa pl (noun 3/4)
Swedish: ljus n (1)
Welsh cannwyll f
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Verb
en-verb|candl|ing

1. embryology A method of observing the growth of an embryo inside an egg, using a bright light source.
2. In pottery A method for drying greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.

Category:Light sources

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• 2007-11-27 20:31 - Mallerd - /* Translations */

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