n. (Photom.) A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[ Named after Carcel, the inventor. ] A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork. [ 1913 Webster ]
(adv) only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats, Syn.scarcely, scarce, just, hardly, Example: they could barely hear the speaker; we hardly knew them; just missed being hit; had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open; would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave
(adv) almost not, Syn.scarcely, Example: he hardly ever goes fishing; he was hardly more than sixteen years old; they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
[いうまでもない(P);ゆうまでもない, iumademonai (P); yuumademonai] (exp) it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said; (P) [Add to Longdo]
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