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Light bulb

noun

Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity. Synonyms: bulb, electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, lightbulb.

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"Light bulb" Quotes from Famous Books

... sounded like a cinematograph reeling off a film. The ticking sank almost into silence as the receiving apparatus was held in the shadow of the office table, and leaped into a lively rattle again when I brought it near an electric-light bulb. I blindfolded myself and moved a piece of blotting paper between the receiver and the light. I could actually hear the grating of the shadow, yes, I heard the shadow pass. At night, too, I have found that it is even affected by the light ...

— Guy Garrick • Arthur B. Reeve

... Dex and Hazel were seeing eye-to-eye, even in the dark, and I worried about the effect on the others. I might as well have worried about the effect of a light bulb on the sun. They married or some such, refused time off, and the GG functioned, if anything, better. It was almost indecent the way the five ...

— Question of Comfort • Les Collins

Words linked to "Light bulb" : electric lamp, electric-light bulb, filament, incandescent lamp, lightbulb