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candela Syteme Internationale 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 in 1933 it was based on the luminous emission of a blackbody at the freezing temperature of platinum (2045 K) cd 13th CGPM 1967 base SI unit luminous intensity

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candela	Syteme Internationale	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	in 1933 it was based on the luminous emission of a blackbody at the freezing temperature of platinum (2045 K)	cd		13th CGPM	1967	base SI unit	luminous intensity

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