incandescent lamp
noun
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.
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Origin of incandescent lamp
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby incandescent lamp
incalescent, in camera, incandesce, incandescence, incandescent, incandescent lamp, incantation, incantatory, incapable, incapacitant, incapacitate
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British Dictionary definitions for incandescent lamp
incandescent lamp
noun
a source of light that contains a heated solid, such as an electrically heated filament
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Scientific definitions for incandescent lamp
incandescent lamp
[ ĭn′kən-dĕs′ənt ]
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. Compare fluorescent lamp.
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