carcel
See also: cárcel
English
Etymology
Named after the inventor of the Carcel lamp.
Noun
carcel (plural carcels)
- (historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
- 1885, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885[1]:
- 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[2]:
- 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[3]:
- In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel.
Related terms
Anagrams
Old Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
carcel m (plural carceles)
- 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
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6v. col. 1.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Spanish: cárcel
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with quotations
- English eponyms
- Old Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Old Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Old Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Spanish lemmas
- Old Spanish nouns
- Old Spanish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Old Spanish masculine nouns
- Old Spanish terms with quotations
- osp:Buildings