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the original mood lighting, flickering at the exact frequency of human flattery.
means The soft, warm, wavering light given off by a burning candle, and by extension the gentle dimness of a space lit that way.
from A plain English compound, joining "candle" and "light." "Candle" comes from Old English "candel," itself borrowed early from Latin "candela" (a light, a torch), from "candēre," to shine or glow white-hot — the same root that flickers behind "candid" and "incandescent." "Light" descends from Old English "lēoht," a deep Germanic word with cousins across the family. So the word is literally "shining-candle light" — a glow named twice over for the act of glowing.
- flame temp
- burns around 1,000 degrees Celsius
- flicker rate
- dances near 5 to 10 times per second
- dinner trick
- warm hues blur flaws, hence romantic clichés
- old units
- candlepower once measured light by actual candles
- oxygen eater
- a flame needs air to keep glowing