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ELECTRIC LIGHT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric light mean?

• ELECTRIC LIGHT (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC LIGHT has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ELECTRIC LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ELECTRIC LIGHT (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electric light; electric-light bulb; incandescent lamp; light bulb; lightbulb; bulb

Hypernyms ("electric light" is a kind of...):

electric lamp (a lamp powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "electric light"):

filament (a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current)

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