incandescent lamp

noun

1. a lamp that emits light due to the glowing of a heated material, especially the common device in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb is rendered luminous by the passage of an electric current through it.

incandescent lamp

noun

1. a source of light that contains a heated solid, such as an electrically heated filament

incandescent lamp

/ ĭn′kən-dĕs′ənt /

1. A lamp that produces light by heating up a filament of wire inside a bulb with an electric current, causing incandescence. The glass bulb containing the filament is filled with a nonreactive gas, such as argon, to prevent the wire from burning.
2. Compare fluorescent lamp

Word History and Origins

Origin of incandescent lamp¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Pieces of platinum that will serve very nicely for the purpose may be obtained from an old incandescent lamp.

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The experiments and endeavors that brought this result constitute the story of the incandescent lamp.

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They were made of wood, lined with asbestos, and were lighted inside with an incandescent lamp.

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Edison, in common with others, turned his attention to the subject, and took up the neglected incandescent lamp.

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An incandescent lamp was screwed into one of the walls, and there was a door in each bulkhead at the ends of the room.

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