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;<span id="CCT">CCT</span>: Correlated Color Temperature, a number in Kelvins that represents color of light. A temperature of 2,700 to 3,000 is warm while while cool colors are 5,000+. See Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlated_color_temperature Color Temperature]. | ;<span id="CCT">CCT</span>: Correlated Color Temperature, a number in Kelvins that represents color of light. A temperature of 2,700 to 3,000 is warm while while cool colors are 5,000+. See Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlated_color_temperature Color Temperature]. | ||
;cd: candela - a measurement of [[Light Output Measurements|light intensity]] | ;cd: candela - a measurement of [[Light Output Measurements|light intensity]]. Can be measured with a lux-meter at a distance of 1 meter from the light source. See throw. | ||
;CFL: Compact Flourescent, an efficient alternative to incandescent light bulbs | ;CFL: Compact Flourescent, an efficient alternative to incandescent light bulbs | ||
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;Lux: short for Luxeon [[LED]], an early high-power LED (also LuxI, LuxIII, Lux3, LuxV for different versions of this LED) | ;Lux: short for Luxeon [[LED]], an early high-power LED (also LuxI, LuxIII, Lux3, LuxV for different versions of this LED) | ||
;lux: a measurement of [[Light | ;lux: a measurement of [[incoming Light to a surface|light intensity]]. Lux refers to the amount of lumens falling on a square meter (compare to lumens). | ||
;<span id="mAh">mAh</span>: milliampere-hours - a rating of [[battery capacity]] in thousandths of an ampere in an hour. A 1000mAh battery should be able to discharge 1000mA for 1 hour or 500mA for 2 hours. | ;<span id="mAh">mAh</span>: milliampere-hours - a rating of [[battery capacity]] in thousandths of an ampere in an hour. A 1000mAh battery should be able to discharge 1000mA for 1 hour or 500mA for 2 hours. | ||