"carcel" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after the inventor of the Carcel lamp.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carcels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "carcel (plural carcels)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885:",
          "text": "Desroziers in a series of experiments obtained as much as 250 carcel spherical luminous value per horse-power; this characteristic is one likely to be of great value in electric lighting by incandescence of high intensity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888:",
          "text": "When experimenting in Paris with a No. 3 lamp in a vertical direction, it showed a consumption of 34.6 liters (1.2 cubic feet) per carcel obtained.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896:",
          "text": "In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Carcel lamp"
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        "historical"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "carcel"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Named after the inventor of the Carcel lamp.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carcels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Carcel lamp"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885:",
          "text": "Desroziers in a series of experiments obtained as much as 250 carcel spherical luminous value per horse-power; this characteristic is one likely to be of great value in electric lighting by incandescence of high intensity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888:",
          "text": "When experimenting in Paris with a No. 3 lamp in a vertical direction, it showed a consumption of 34.6 liters (1.2 cubic feet) per carcel obtained.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896:",
          "text": "In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas."
      ],
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        "(historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas."
      ],
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        "historical"
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      "wikipedia": [
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    }
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  "word": "carcel"
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