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sealed-beam

British  

adjective

  1. (esp of a car headlight) having a lens and prefocused reflector sealed in the lamp vacuum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After three years and some $50,000 in research, a group of headlight manufacturers headed by General Electric Co. announced an improved sealed-beam headlight for autos which will be available within two years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inside the net, under water, he hangs a sealed-beam headlight bulb fed with current from a storage battery, the beam pointing out of the net.

From Time Magazine Archive

Franchised Volkswagen dealers are worried because made-for-Europe models lack safety devices that many states demand, e.g., shatterproof glass, directional signals, sealed-beam headlights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Using his police A-powered sealed-beam light, he illuminated the hall and once again glanced over the onionskin carbon.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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