/ Dictionary / Index F foot-candle: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: foot-can•dle Pronunciation: (foot'kan'dl), [key] — n. Optics. a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbr.: FC Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: foot-candle (Thesaurus) footbridge footcare Related Content Daily Word Quiz: portent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language