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incandescent lamp
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incandescent lamp
n.
An electric lamp in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current.
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incandescent lamp
incandescent lamp
n
(Physics / General Physics) a source of light that contains a heated solid, such as an electrically heated filament
incandescent lamp  (nkn-dsnt)
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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incandescent lamp
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Noun1.incandescent lamp - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricityincandescent lamp - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
electric light, electric-light bulb, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb
electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity
filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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