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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
An illumination source produced by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current. Light sources, in this dictionary, are called a [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lamp lamps].  
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An illumination source produced by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current. Light sources, in this dictionary, are called a [[lamp|lamps]].  
  
See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=electric%20lamp electric lamp], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=fluorescent%20lamp fluorescent lamp], and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=incandescent%20lamp incandescent lamp].
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See also [[electric lamp]], [[fluorescent lamp]], and [[incandescent lamp]].
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

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Description

An illumination source produced by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current. Light sources, in this dictionary, are called a lamps.

See also Electric lamp, Fluorescent lamp, and Incandescent lamp.

Synonyms and Related Terms

light bulb; lamp

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Authority

  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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