"megacandela" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980, S. V. Szokolay, Environmental science handbook for architects and builders, page 99",
          "text": "Under clear sky conditions the luminance of the sun itself is around 1650 Mcd/m² (megacandela/m²)[.]",
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          "ref": "1987, John E. Kaufman, Jack F. Christensen, IES Lighting Handbook: Application volume",
          "text": "Searchlights utilized in helicopter operations range in size from a 450-watt, 0.4 megacandela unit using a type PAR-46 incandescent lamp (see Fig 20-3) up to a 30-kilowatt, xenon-lamped unit[.]",
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          "ref": "2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, page 12",
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