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light bulb

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light bulb
n.
An electric light in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current.

light bulb
Noun
a hollow rounded glass fitting containing a gas and a thin metal filament that gives out light when an electric current is passed through it
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Noun1.light bulblight bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
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
Translations

light bulb nbombilla, bombillo (LAM); foco (LAM)
light bulb light nampoule f
light bulb light nGlühbirne f
light bulb nlampadina

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