electric light bulb
11light bulb — ► NOUN ▪ a glass bulb containing inert gas, fitted into a lamp or ceiling socket, which provides light when an electric current is passed through it …
12Incandescent light bulb — The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of electric light that works by incandescence, (a general term for heat driven light emissions which includes the simple case of black body radiation). An… …
13Electric Light Orchestra — Infobox Musician Name = Electric Light Orchestra Img capt = ELO in 1979, from left to right: Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale, Kelly Groucutt, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy Mik Kaminski. Landscape = yes Background = group or band Origin =… …
14light bulb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms light bulb : singular light bulb plural light bulbs a glass object that you put in an electric light to produce light. A light bulb is often simply called a bulb …
15Electric light — Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. These lights are normally powered by the electric grid, but some run on local generators, and emergency… …
16light bulb — an electric light. [1880 85] * * * electric incandescent lamp based on a glowing metallic filament enclosed within a glass shell filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen. See incandescent lamp; lamp. * * * …
17ˈlight ˌbulb — noun [C] a glass object that you put in an electric light to produce light …
18Mazda (light bulb) — For other uses, see Mazda (disambiguation). Ad for the Mazda service mark, 1917. Mazda was a trademarked name created by the Shelby Electric Company for incandescent light bulbs. The name was used from 1909 through 1945 in the United States by… …
19Incandescent light bulb — Incandescent In can*des cent, a. [L. incandecens, entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F.… …
20light bulb — noun a glass bulb containing inert gas, fitted into a lamp or ceiling socket, which provides light when an electric current is passed through it …
