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/1979/base/candela
Definition name: candela
Unit name: candela
Latin symbol: cd
Display symbol: cd
Description: 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.
"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].
The hertz, watt, and steradian units referenced in this definition are:
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"description": "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.\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\nThe hertz, watt, and steradian units referenced in this definition are:\n\n- the SI 1967 derived hertz unit (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1967/named/hertz) equal to second\u207b\u00b9, referencing the SI 1967 base unit second (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1967/base/second).\n- the SI 1967 derived watt unit (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1967/named/watt) equal to kilogram\u00b7meter\u00b2\u00b7second\u207b\u00b3, referencing the SI 1960 base unit kilogram (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/kilogram) and metre (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/metre); and the 1967 base unit second (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1967/base/second).\n- the SI 1960 supplementary unit steradian (https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/supplementary/steradian).",
"resources": [
{
"relation": "Redefinition of the candela at the 16th CGPM Meeting in 1979, resolution 3.",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/16-1979/resolution-3"
},
{
"relation": "Previous definition at the 13th CGPM meeting (1967)",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/13-1967/resolution-5"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela"
}
],
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"year": 1979,
"category": "base",
"symbol": "cd"
},
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