Definition of Light ballast

1. Noun. An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps.

Exact synonyms: Ballast
Generic synonyms: Electrical Device

Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Ballast

light-o'-love
light-of-love
light-off temperature
light-repressible receptor protein kinase
light-scattering photometry
light-sensitive
light-skinned
light-tight
light-water reactor
light-year
light a fire under
light adaptation
light air
light as a feather
light at the end of the tunnel
light ballast (current term)
light bath
light beam
light beer
light bread
light breeze
light brown
light bucket
light bulb
light bulb joke
light bulb jokes
light bulbs
light cells of thyroid
light chain
light chain-related amyloidosis

Literary usage of Light ballast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"The air-chambers and the light ballast render sinking impossible ; the keel nearly prevents capsizing, and rectifies it, if it does happen ; while the ..."

2. Hawaii; Its People, Climate and Resources by Daniel Logan (1903)
"The Honolulu Marine Railway, owned by the government but leased to Sorenson & Lyle, shipwrights, has a capacity for ships of 1700 tons in light ballast, ..."

3. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"For light ballast weights the lower ring is moved away from the base (K) (to the right on the diagram), and for heavy ballast weights it is moved toward the ..."

4. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"A light ballast under heavy traffic must be deep and shouldered out well beyond the ends of the ties. From all available data, it appears that, ..."

5. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"A light ballast under heavy traffic must be deep and shouldered out well beyond the ends of the ties. From all available data, it appears that, ..."

6. Camping and Cruising in Florida by James Alexander Henshall (1884)
"Coming outside here we found a heavy sea running, catching us on the port quarter, but the Rambler, very buoyant in light ballast, and being under full sail ..."

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