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photoflood lamp

or pho·to·flood

[foh-tuh-fluhd lamp or foh-tuh-fluhd]
noun
  1. an incandescent tungsten lamp in which high intensity is obtained by overloading voltage: used in photography, television, etc.

Origin of photoflood lamp

photo- + flood
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