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2009
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lamp
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n.
a device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or a liquid fuel and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade:
a table lamp.
∎
an electrical device producing ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes.
∎ poetic/literary
a source of spiritual or intellectual inspiration.
DERIVATIVES:
lamp·less
adj.
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Lamps light a path to $7.35 billion in sales.(Special report: lamps & lighting)
Magazine article from: Home Accents Today; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...access. Small accent lamps are consumers' most popular lamp choice in the home...fourth of all table lamp purchases priced $75 or more. Table lamps are sold as pairs...ahead before buying a lamp. In fact, only 18% to 26% of lamps are bought on impulse...
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Lamps and fans in the spotlight. (1996 National Hardware Show in Chicago, Illinois)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 8/12/1996; 700+ words
; ...Cheyenne Lamps will feature fringed-shade and cast-base Victorian lamp styles, reproduction Tiffany lamps and steel-and-iron lamp sets, in addition to some new touch lamps. Additionally, new upscale, solid-brass floor lamps and table...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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LAMPS CAN MAKE A ROOM.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/24/1996; 700+ words
; ...illumination. Table lamps or, as it's known...the perfect table lamp that complements your...useful accessory for lamps where it is hard to...label adhered to your lamp to use the proper...bulb can cause your lamp to overheat and malfunction...of a fire. Table lamps enhance the ...
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Lamps back in fashion; department stores replay the business, for its style.(includes related article on store displays)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 3/3/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...encouraging them to show lamps in two places," she said. "The lamp gallery is a great...consumers shop for lamps in two ways. A lamp is often an add...and so head to the lamp gallery. At Dayton...Marshall Field's, lamps are merchandised by...
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Electric lamp industry growing fast.(INDUSTRY)
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 10/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...country, demand for CFE lamps grew, prompting lamp producers to start producing CFE lamps for urban people. CFE lamps...association of electric lamp industry (Aperlindo) said smuggling of electric lamps into the country is rampant...
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Lamps light the way to decorating chic
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/29/1997; ; 612 words
; ...fixture will never do." So lamps in Early American brass...against type by choosing a lamp that contrasts with the...modern room. "An unusual lamp adds greatly to a room...rooms with modern Tizio lamps in them." The black metal Tizio table lamp, with its adjustable...
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Table lamps still sit atop best-seller list. (Lamps).(findings of the 2002 Retail Survey)(Panel Discussion)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Home Accents Today; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...retail failures, lamp sales remain strong...popularity of portable lamps are fashion and value...Uttermost Company into the lamp market in April...variety of designer lamps at medium price points...than 100 vendors' lamp and lighting sales...Accents Today's 2001 Lamps and Lighting ...
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Lamps move upscale.
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 5/8/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...amp; Co., a new Jimco Lamp division, had its own...several new executive desk lamps with more ornate castings...hydrocal table and floor lamps manufactured in its Mexican...prototype contemporary desk lamp with touch feature...painted porcelain accent lamps, featuring green and...
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Lamps' fiscal focus.(lamp and lighting vendors)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 1/29/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...players are expected to place the lamp, Fletcher reported. C.N. Bur, Lamp/Decorative Dimensions presented...merchandise, including a red desk lamp with black Mickey Mouse ears...Touch, to its halogen floor lamps to test buyer response. But...
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Reportlinker Adds US Lamps Market.
PR Newswire; 10/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...than the incandescent lamps they will replace...serious threat to future lamp demand. Although...vehicles, as halogen lamps find widespread use...remain leading US lamp markets Buildings...Fixtures 77 Other Lamp Characteristics 79...Diodes 80 IV. FILAMENT LAMPS 83 General 83 ...
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lamp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...pioneers was a spouted saucer lamp with a lid. Lamps were smoky because the...also introduced the glass lamp chimney. One- and two-burner lamps were common from the late...superseded other oils for lamps; the kerosene lamp is still used for lighting...
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Lamp, Incandescent
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the basic features of lamps commonly in use today. The first carbon lamp was inefficient in comparison with present-day lamps, giving only 1.7...wire tungsten filament lamp shortly superseded all other forms. All lamps up to this time operated...
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Lava Lamp
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...key to successful lava lamp design is the selection...composition used in lava lamps is a proprietary secret...selection does not change from lamp to lamp, there are design changes to be considered because lamps are available in different...
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Halogen Lamp
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...lamps, tungsten halogen lamps are inefficient relative...intensity discharge (HID) lamp types. Halogen lamps can also pose a safety...nineteenth century, a lamp using an electrically...developed. More efficient lamps became possible as different...
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SIC 3641 Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...sources. Important products of this industry include incandescent filament lamps, vapor and fluorescent lamps, photoflash and photoflood lamps, and electrotherapeutic lamp units for ultraviolet and infrared radiation. Establishments primarily...
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