light bulb

Noun

Meaning

electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

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light-bulb

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A 25 W compact fluorescent light bulb puts out around 1700 lumens ; if that light is radiated equally in all directions, it will have an intensity of around 135 cd (135 lumens/steradian). Source: Internet

Across the street from the Witte Dame and next to the Admirant is Philips' first light bulb factory (nicknamed Roze Baby, or "Pink Baby", in reference to its pink colour and much smaller size when compared to the "White Lady" and "Brown Gentleman"). Source: Internet

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light ( incandescence ). Source: Internet

A light bulb of a flashlight seen through a transmissive grating, showing two diffracted orders. Source: Internet

An analogy of this would be a light bulb raising the temperature of the air surrounding it to something greater than its glass surface. Source: Internet

A very large reflecting diffraction grating An incandescent light bulb viewed through a transmissive diffraction grating. Source: Internet

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