Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
cancellation
cancellous
Cancer
cancer
cancer stick
cancerophobia
cancroid
Cancún
candela
candelabrum
candid
candid camera
candida
candidate
candidiasis
Candiot
candle
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

candela
can·del·a [ kan déllə ] (plural can·del·as)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of light intensity: the basic SI unit of luminous intensity.
Symbol  cd
[Mid-20th century. < Latin (see candle)]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft