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Electric light

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Artificial light using electricity as a source of illumination. countable, uncountable

    "As late as 1910, only 7 per cent of Londoners had electric light in their homes."

  2. 2
    electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity wordnet
  3. 3
    A device producing such light: an electric lightbulb or the lamp or light fixture that uses it. countable, uncountable

    "The electric light system at Paddington is a very large one. There are 101 of these big lights of 2.000 candle power each, 4,000 of 25, and 23 of 100 candle power respectively, […]."

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