noun
also incandescent
( -s )
: an electric lamp consisting essentially of a glass or quartz bulb evacuated or filled with an inert gas in which a filament commonly of tungsten gives off light when it is heated to incandescence by an electric current
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incandescent lamp: 1 bulb containing gas, 2 filament, 3 connecting and supporting wires, 4 exhaust tube, 5 screw base, 6 base contact
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