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electric lamp

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Noun1.electric lampelectric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity        
arc lamp, arc light - a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes
electric-discharge lamp, gas-discharge lamp - an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube
flashlight, torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
lamp - an artificial source of visible illumination
electric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
slit lamp - (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve


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I took out the list of Professor Challenger's exploits, and I read it over under the electric lamp.
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There was a noise of business from the gasworks, and the electric lamps were all alight.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
It appeared that this was a great manufacturing place, where the people were engaged in making things, as though the West End, with its electric lamps, its vast plate-glass windows all shining yellow, its carefully-finished houses, and tiny live figures trotting on the pavement, or bowled along on wheels in the road, was the finished work.
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