lamp
lamp / lamp/ • 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.
lamp
lamp Form of artificial lighting. Early lamps burned fuels, such as animal fat, wax, or oil. Coal gas was used from the early 1800s. The electric light became popular in the early 1900s. Most modern lamps are electrically powered and are of three main types: incandescent, discharge, and fluorescent lamps. See also fluorescence; incandescence
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lamp XII. —(O)F. lampe :- late L. lampada—Gr. lampás, lampad- torch, rel. to lámpein shine. comp. lampblack XVI.
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