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Definition: Incandescent Lamp |
Incandescent LampNoun1. Electric lamp consisting of a glass bulb containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Energy | An electric lamp in which a filament is heated by anelectric current until it emits visible light. (references) |
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Synonyms: Incandescent LampSynonyms: bulb (n), electric light (n), electric-light bulb (n), light bulb (n), lightbulb (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Incandescent Lamp |
| English words defined with "incandescent lamp": Glowlamp ♦ heat lamp ♦ incandesce, infrared lamp ♦ Platinum lamp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "incandescent lamp": Appliance Standards ♦ BASE REMOVER, blended lamp ♦ cool-light mirror lamp ♦ dichroic lamp, dichroic-mirror lamp ♦ Parabolic Aluminized Reflector Lamp, photo lamp, photoflood lamp, photographic lamp ♦ Reflector Lamps ♦ self-ballasted mercury lamp, street-light repairer, STREET-LIGHT SERVICER ♦ Tungsten Halogen Lamp. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Caption: Edison Holding Incandescent Lamp; West Orange, NJ; June, 1912; {14.610/10} (jpg). |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incandescent lamp | 35 |
incandescent lamp miniature | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "incandescent lamp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лампа с нажежаема спирала. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gloedelampe (bulb, electric bulb, filament lamp), elektrisk paere (bulb, electric bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gloeilamp (bulb, electric bulb, filament lamp, incandescent electric lamp, lamp bulb, light bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hehkulamppu (incandescent electric lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lampe incandescence (incandescent electric lamp), ampoule électrique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Glühlampe (bulb, electric bulb, envelope, incandescent electric lamp, lamp, lamp bulb, light bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηλεκτρική λάμπα (bulb, electric bulb), λάμπα πυρακτώσεως (bulb, electric bulb), λαμπτήρας πυρακτώσεως (filament lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | izzólámpa (filament lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lampadina elettrica (bulb, electric bulb), lampadina a incandescenza (bulb, electric bulb), lampada ad incandescenza (filament lamp, incandescent electric lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 白熱灯 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はくねつとう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | glødelampe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incandescentay amplay lâmpada de incandescência (bulb, electric bulb, filament lamp, incandescent electric lamp). (various references) lampara de incandescencia (filament lamp), lámpara de incandescencia (bulb, electric bulb), bombilla eléctrica (bulb, electric bulb). (various references) glödlampa (bulb, bulp, incandescent electric lamp, light bulb, light-bulb). (various references) ตะเกียงไฟฟ้าที่ให้แสงสว่างจากข"ลว"ไฟฟ้าในตะเกียง. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-n-p-s-t" | |
-4 letters: displacement, incandescent, maintenances. | |
-5 letters: accidentals, centennials, clandestine, delaminates, emancipated, emancipates, incalescent, intendances, maintenance. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 61 6E 64 65 73 63 65 6E 74 4C 61 6D 70 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01001100 01100001 01101101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c a n d e s c e n t   L a m p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 0061 006E 0064 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0074 004C 0061 006D 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438069678070718569718086246677982 |
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