carcel

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Etymology

Named after the inventor of the Carcel lamp.

Noun

carcel (plural carcels)

  1. (historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
    • 1885, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885‎:
      Desroziers in a series of experiments obtained as much as 250 carcel spherical luminous value per horse-power; this characteristic is one likely to be of great value in electric lighting by incandescence of high intensity.
    • 1888, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888‎:
      When experimenting in Paris with a No. 3 lamp in a vertical direction, it showed a consumption of 34.6 liters (1.2 cubic feet) per carcel obtained.
    • 1896, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896‎:
      In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel.

Anagrams

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

carcel f

  1. Alternative spelling of carcer

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carcer.

Pronunciation

Noun

carcel m (plural carceles)

  1. prison, jail
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6v. col. 1.
      ⁊ metiolos pharaon en / la carcel o era ioſep.
      and Pharaoh put them in the same prison where Joseph was.
    Synonym: prison

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: cárcel
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