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Definition of Electric lamp
1. Noun. A lamp powered by electricity.
Generic synonyms: Lamp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Lamp
Literary usage of Electric lamp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp by Franklin Leonard Pope (1894)
"... conductor for an electric lamp, of carbonized fibrous or textile material and
of an arch or horseshoe shape, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. 2. ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"We are disposed to emphasise this point because the incandescent electric lamp
le used for the purposes of illumination and decoration in shops without any ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"... and as he caught hold of the electric lamp suspended from the ceiling by a
cord, to turn on the light in the ordinary and usual way, his hand was caught ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"An electric lamp making use of the fact that an electric current passing ...
An appliance to be inserted into an incandescent electric lamp socket in place ..."