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Definition: decimal candle
Bougie d'ecimale
\Bou*gie" d['e]`ci`male"\ [F., lit., decimal
candle.]
A photometric standard used in France, having the value of
one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly
less than a British standard candle. Called also
decimal candle
.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
