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Definition of: carcel
(kär′səl) noun
The light of a Carcel lamp burning 42 grams of colza oil an hour with a flame 40 millimeters high: a photometric standard, equal to 9.6 international candles. [after B. G. Carcel, 1750–1812, French inventor]
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