INCANDESCENT LAMP


Meaning of INCANDESCENT LAMP in English

a lamp that emits light due to the glowing of a heated material, esp. the common device in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb is rendered luminous by the passage of an electric current through it. Cf. fluorescent lamp .

[ 1880-85 ]

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