standard candle

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• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  standard candle — noun — english

  the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin