lamp

Definition of lamp in English English dictionary: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server; A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular; to hit, clout, belt, wallop; to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping; A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets; A device that generates heat, light or other radiation; {n} a vessel, a light made of oil or spirits; is a manufactured light producing light source; A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light; a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs; For definition purposes, a lighting artifact intended for use INDOORS Can be fixed or portable; of any "fuel" source ("gas", liquid fuel, electricity, chemical reaction ); The electric cap lamp worn for visibility Also, the flame safety lamp used in coal mines to detect methane gas concentrations and oxygen deficiency; The lighting apparatus inside a lens; A lamp is a light emitting device permanently attached to the vehicle and energized by the tractor electrical system; A thin plate or lamina; a light source; An artificial light source - a light bulb or tube; Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp; A device that gives out light when an electric current passes through it; The term used to refer to the complete light source package including the inner parts as well as the outer bulb or tube "Lamp", of course, is also commonly used to refer to a type of small light fixtures such as a table lamp; To smell of the lamp To bear the marks of great study, but not enough laboured to conceal the marks of labour The phrase was first applied to the orations of Demosthenes, written by lamp-light with enormous care; What the lighting industry technically calls a light bulb A glass envelope with gas, coating, or filament that glows when electricity is applied; See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent; A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity; n lampu; -A complete light source unit, usually consisting of a light generating element (arc tube or filament), support hardware, enclosing envelope and base; A Lamp can be visualized as the object in which the djinn lives and through which it interacts with the outside world in an organized, regular fashion For example, when one djinn (call it A) wishes to call another djinn (B) into existence so that they can work together on a problem, it invokes that djinn with what is called the ``summon'' operations That is, A summons B via A's lamp object The lamp also lets A request ``services'' from B and ``dispell'' B when B is no longer useful to A; A glass or quartz envelope that contains filaments of electrodes; - The bulb; A lamp is an electrical device which produces a special type of light or heat, used especially in medical or beauty treatment. a sun lamp. the use of infra-red lamps. electric discharge lamp vapor lamp fluorescent lamp halogen lamp tungsten halogen lamp incandescent lamp; an artificial source of visible illumination; manufactured light source; the 3 broad categores of electric lamps are incandescent, fluorescent, and high intensity discharge (HID); A radiant light source that emits light; A general term used to describe the various kinds of artificial light sources used in photography; [From Greek 'lampas', extant in Romance (Latin, Italian), Germanic (English, German, Dutch) and auxiliaries (Esperanto, Novial) ] lamp -- an artificial source of visible illumination; The term used to refer the complete light source package including the inner parts as well as the outer bulb or tube “Lamp”, of course is also commonly used to refer to a type of small light fixtures such as a table lamp; {i} device which is a source of artificial light; device which emits heat; someone or something which is a source of inspiration; License Application Migration Project; Lake Acidification Mitigation Project Source: US EPA; A lamp is a light that works by using electricity or by burning oil or gas. She switched on the bedside lamp In the evenings we eat by the light of an oil lamp; An electrically energized source of light, commonly called a bulb or tube; Acronym for Long-Term Autonomous Microstructure Profiler, an instrument designed to autonomously collect microstructure profiles over deployments of several months duration It consists of an autonomously profiling ALACE float outfitted with two microtemperature probes and a hard disk for data recording The prototype was deployed in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic in the area of the NATRE study See Sherman and Davis (1995); an artificial source of visible illumination a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
lamp bulb: Light bulb
lamp bulbs: plural form of lamp bulb
lamp room: A room at the top of a lighthouse in which the signal light is housed
lamp stand: A heavy, often decorative, base for an electric light which stands on a table or the floor
lamp chimney: a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
lamp house: housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector)
lamp shade: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
lamp-post: A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top
lava lamp: A kind of lamp typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava
Lady of the Lamp: Nightingale, Florence
lava lamp: a lamp that has a coloured liquid substance inside it that moves up and down
lava lamp: lamp that was popular in the 1960s, lamp that contains colored oil that rises and falls as it is heated creating various shapes
Davy lamp: A miners’ lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp)
Nernst lamp: A type of incandescent lamp using a ceramic rod, used as a source of infrared radiation
Chick Counterfly had already brought out of its storage locker a peculiar-looking optical contraption of prisms, lenses, Nernst lamps, and adjustment screws, into an appropriate receptacle of which he now carefully placed the pearl.
arc lamp: An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light
banker lamp: Alternative form of banker's lamp
banker's lamp: A distinctive type of desk lamp, usually with a solid ornate base and a single stem leading to a horizontal (usually green) cover
blackout lamp: A hand-held lamp that has sliding or rotating doors to adjust the amount of light emitted
butter lamp: A conspicuous feature of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayas. The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter, but now often use vegetable oil
carbide lamp: Simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water
coach lamp: A lamp fixed to, or carried on a stagecoach
compact fluorescent lamp: A type of fluorescent lamp
fluorescent lamp: a gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
foc's'le lamp: A forecastle lamp
fog lamp: A bright red lamp (normally one of a pair) at the rear of a motor car that can be switched on during foggy weather so as to avoid collisions from cars approaching from behind
forecastle lamp: A lamp, hung in the forecastle of a ship to allow sailors to work and relax after dark
halogen lamp: An incandescent lamp containing a small quantity of halogen (usually bromine) to reduce deposition on the glass
hydrogen lamp: a glass apparatus in which hydrogen, generated from zinc and sulphuric acid, is burnt; used primarily as a demonstration (invented by Alessandro Volta)
incandescent lamp: a lamp that creates radiant energy when its metallic filament is heated by an electric current
infrared lamp: An incandescent lamp designed to produce radiant thermal energy in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum
lamps: plural form of lamp
lamps: A slang term for obesity
magnesium lamp: A lamp, containing a coil of magnesium ribbon fed into a burner by clockwork, that produced an intense light
mercury-vapor lamp: alternative spelling of mercury-vapour lamp
mercury-vapour lamp: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
metal halide lamp: A high-pressure discharge lamp that is enclosed in a quartz envelope containing metal halides (usually iodides), and produces high-efficacy white light
neon glow lamp: a small, low-wattage lamp used as an indicator or nightlight; typically consists of a pair of electrodes sealed in a bulb containing neon at low pressure
neon lamp: a small gas discharge lamp containing neon gas, sometimes with other noble gases to add colour
oil lamp: a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source
plasma lamp: A clear glass orb, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage
quartz halogen lamp: an incandescent light bulb in which the envelope is made of quartz instead of glass, and the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas, usually iodine
safety lamp: A miner's lamp designed to avoid explosion by enclosing the flame in fine wire gauze
sodium lamp: a sodium vapor lamp
sodium vapor lamp: a street lamp in which electricity is passed through sodium vapour to emit a yellow light
sodium vapour lamp: alternative spelling of sodium vapor lamp
spirit lamp: A lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol, ethanol or denatured alcohol
By way of armoury and utensils, I took a revolver, a little spirit-lamp and pan, a lantern and some halfpenny candles, a jack-knife and a large leather flask.
standard lamp: A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity
table lamp: a lamp designed to be used on tables
xenon flash lamp: A lamp that produces a very short, but very intense, flash of white light; used in photography and in photocoagulation
Wood's lamp: (Tıp, İlaç) A Wood's lamp is a diagnostic tool used in dermatology by which ultraviolet light is shone (at a wavelength of approximately 365 nanometers) onto the skin of the patient; a technician then observes any subsequent fluorescence. For example, porphyrins — associated with some skin diseases — will fluoresce pink
halogen lamp: A halogen lamp also called tungsten-halogen lamp, the quartz-halogen lamp or the quartz-iodine lamp is an incandescent lamp wherein a tungsten filament is sealed into a small transparent envelope filled with a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine. The halogen lamp can operate its filament at a higher temperature than in a standard vacuum or inert-gas filled lamp, without loss of operating life. This gives it a slightly higher efficiency than standard incandescent lamps
quartz-halogen lamp: A quartz halogen lamp also called tungsten-halogen lamp, the halogen lamp or the quartz-iodine lamp is an incandescent lamp wherein a tungsten filament is sealed into a small transparent envelope filled with a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine. The halogen lamp can operate its filament at a higher temperature than in a standard vacuum or inert-gas filled lamp, without loss of operating life. This gives it a slightly higher efficiency than standard incandescent lamps
quartz-iodine lamp: A quartz iodine lamp also called tungsten-halogen lamp, the halogen lamp or the quartz-halogen lamp is an incandescent lamp wherein a tungsten filament is sealed into a small transparent envelope filled with a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine. The halogen lamp can operate its filament at a higher temperature than in a standard vacuum or inert-gas filled lamp, without loss of operating life. This gives it a slightly higher efficiency than standard incandescent lamps
tungsten halogen lamp: A tungsten halogen lamp also called halogen lamp, the quartz-halogen lamp or the quartz-iodine lamp is an incandescent lamp wherein a tungsten filament is sealed into a small transparent envelope filled with a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine. The halogen lamp can operate its filament at a higher temperature than in a standard vacuum or inert-gas filled lamp, without loss of operating life. This gives it a slightly higher efficiency than standard incandescent lamps
A lamp: lucern
lamps: Oil lamps were extensively used for lighting the microscopic subject, either directly or via the mirror The light source is quite powerful, even when compared to modern electric lamps Because the color temperature of lamp light is quite warm in color, a blue glass flue or filter was employed to shift the color toward daylight
lamps: as described in WAC 173-303-573(5)
lamps: Lamp Shades Lighted Wreath
lamps: plural of lamp
lamps: The seven lamps of sleep In the mansion of the Knight of the Black Castle were seven lamps, which could be quenched only with water from an enchanted fountain So long as these lamps kept burning, everyone within the room fell into a deep sleep, from which nothing could rouse them till the lamps were extinguished (See Rosana ) (The Seven Champions of Christendom, ii 8 ) Sepulchral lamps The Romans are said to have preserved lamps in some of their sepulchres for centuries In the papacy of Paul III one of these lamps was found in the tomb of Tullia (Cicero's daughter), which had been shut up for 1,550 years At the dissolution of the monasteries a lamp was found which is said to have been burning 1,200 years Two are preserved in Leyden museum

lamp

Turkish pronunciation

lämp

Synonyms

beacon, flashlight, gas lamp, gaslight, hurricane lamp, kerosene lamp, light, searchlight, torch

Pronunciation

/ˈlamp/ /ˈlæmp/

Etymology

[ lamp ] (noun.) 13th century. Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. From French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampas, “torch”).