candela, cd (unit)

This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.

ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/base/candela
Definition name: candela

Unit name: candela
Latin symbol: cd
Display symbol: cd

Description: The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity in a given direction defined from the luminous intensity of monochromatic radiation at a specific frequency and radiant intensity at the 16th CGPM Meeting in 1979; implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983.

"The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540×10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian." [16th CGPM Meeting (1979), resolution 3].

Following the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1, the implicitly redefined candela references:

Resources:

Formats: [JSON] [MD]

JSON definition:

{
    "$id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/base/candela",
    "$schema": "https://schemas.optimade.org/meta/v1.2/optimade/physical_unit_definition.json",
    "title": "candela",
    "symbol": "cd",
    "display-symbol": "cd",
    "description": "The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity in a given direction defined from the luminous intensity of monochromatic radiation at a specific frequency and radiant intensity at the 16th CGPM Meeting in 1979; implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983.\n\n\"The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540\u00d710\u00b9\u00b2 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.\" [16th CGPM Meeting (1979), resolution 3].\n\nFollowing the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1, the implicitly redefined candela references:\n\n- the SI 1967 derived hertz unit (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1967/named/hertz).\n- the SI 1983 derived watt unit (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/named/watt).\n- the SI 1960 supplementary unit steradian (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/supplementary/steradian).",
    "resources": [
        {
            "relation": "Definition at the 41st CIPM meeting (1946), resolution 2",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/ci/cipm/41-1946/resolution-2"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Inclusion in SI at the establishment of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM meeting (1960), resolution 12.",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/11-1960/resolution-12"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/17-1983/resolution-1"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Redefinition of the second at the 13th CGPM meeting (1967), resolution 1",
            "resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/13-1967/resolution-1"
        },
        {
            "relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
            "resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela"
        }
    ],
    "standard": {
        "name": "si",
        "year": 1983,
        "category": "base",
        "symbol": "cd"
    },
    "x-optimade-definition": {
        "label": "candela_si_1983_base",
        "kind": "unit",
        "format": "1.2",
        "version": "1.2.0",
        "name": "candela"
    }
}