ETYM Old Eng. candel, candel, AS, candel, from Latin candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, from candëre to be white. Related to Candid, Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.
1. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle; SYN. taper, wax light.
2. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a blackbody radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin.
Vertical cylinder of wax (such as tallow or paraffin wax) with a central wick of string. A flame applied to the end of the wick melts the wax, thereby producing a luminous flame. The wick is treated with a substance such as alum so that it carbonizes but does not rapidly burn out.
Candles and oil lamps were an early form of artificial lighting. Accurately made candles—which burned at a steady rate— were calibrated along their lengths and used as a type of clock. The candle was also the name of a unit of luminous intensity, replaced 1940 by the candela (cd), equal to 1/60 of the luminance of 1 sq cm of a black body radiator at a temperature of 2,042K (the temperature of solidification of platinum). + prikaži više

The angle and direction in which a bed of rock is inclined to the horizontal. Rocks that are dipping have usually been affected by folding.
1. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
2. A brief swim in water; SYN. plunge.
3. A brief immersion.
4. (Physics) The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon; SYN. angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination.
5. Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped. + prikaži više

ETYM as. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Irish tapar, w. tampr.
(Homonym: tapir).
1. A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
2. The property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone).