halogen lamp

American  

noun

1. a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.

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Example Sentences

When a simple halogen lamp illuminates the tiny cavities, the light inside is captured as if in a trap.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

After a while, "the fire service turned the machinery and a big halogen lamp off and started to walk away", she said.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022

If there’s not enough light in the apartment, well, “a halogen lamp would brighten the place up in a hurry”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2014

The Cubs, as Dave van Dyck describes in The Chicago Tribune, are the impossible dream, which prospective conquerers are drawn to like moths to a halogen lamp — and end up similarly fried.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2011

And of course the brand-new color-coordinated bedding ensemble--pink sheets, pink pillows, pink comforter--which matched the pink shag rug and halogen lamp with the pink shade.

From Time Magazine Archive