Definition of incandescent lamp Incandescent lamp
in•can•des•cent lamp
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What does incandescent lamp mean?
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| incandescent lamp - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | ||
| light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, electric light, electric-light bulb | ||
| electric lamp a lamp powered by electricity | ||
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incandescent lamp
A filament surrounded by glass which is screwed into the socket of a lamp and which emits light when supplied with current.
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incandescent lamp
An electric lamp in which the light is produced by heating to whiteness a refractory conductor by the passage of a current of electricity. It is distinguished from an arc lamp (which etymologically is also an incandescent lamp) by the absence of any break in the continuity of its refractory conductor. Many different forms and methods of construction have been tried, but now all have settled into approximately the same type.The incandescent lamp consists of a small glass bulb, called the lamp-chamber, which is exhausted of air and hermetically sealed. It contains a filament of carbon, bent into a loop of more or less simple shape. This shape prevents any tensile strain upon the loop and also approximates to the outline of a regular flame.
