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Foot-candle

A foot-candle (sometimes foot candle; abbreviated fc, lm/ft2, or sometimes ft-c) is a non-SI unit of illuminance or light intensity. The foot-candle is defined as one lumen per square foot. This unit is commonly used in lighting layouts in parts of the world where United States customary units are used, mainly the United States. Nearly all of the world…

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1.076×10−3 phots
SI
10.764 lux (lm⁄m2)
Symbol
fc
Unit of
illuminance
Unit system
United States customary units

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Foot-candle

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples15
Avg. degree1.89
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related to Use · 3
Foot-candle → Foot-candles, In, US
CGS · 1
Foot-candle → 1.076×10−3 phots
SI · 1
Foot-candle → 10.764 lux (lm⁄m2)
Symbol · 1
Foot-candle → fc
Unit of · 1
Foot-candle → illuminance
Unit system · 1
Foot-candle → United States customary units
US · 1
Foot-candle → 1 .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .…
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Foot-candle → Example

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one illuminance lumen light lighting lux fc unit defined intensity foot-candles used 10 foot us measure si units candela meter

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Foot-candleCGS1.076×10−3 phots1.00infobox
Foot-candleSI10.764 lux (lm⁄m2)1.00infobox
Foot-candleSymbolfc1.00infobox
Foot-candleUnit ofilluminance1.00infobox
Foot-candleUnit systemUnited States customary units1.00infobox
Foot-candleUS1 .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .…1.00infobox
printsinstance ofwhere lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects0.80text
photographsinstance ofwhere lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects0.80text
and paintingsinstance ofwhere lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects0.80text
the colors of which fade when exposed to bright light for a lengthy period.In the motion picture cinematography field in the USinstance ofwhere lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects0.80text
reflective light metersinstance ofwhere lighting levels must be carefully controlled to conserve light-sensitive objects0.80text
Foot-candlerelated to External linksExample0.60section

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