lamp

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So running a lamp for an hour is about 1.5 cent.

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Quick take

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lamp gathered in one view.

noun

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

noun

A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

noun

A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lamp.

noun

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

noun

A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

noun

A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

verb

To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

Example sentences

So running a lamp for an hour is about 1.5 cent.

A kerosene lamp has an efficiency of 0.1-1 lumens/watt, while a white LED has anything around 80-100 lumens/watt.

And it generates about 40 lumens or so of light, I mean it really depends but this would be a pretty typical lamp.

Everything since then has been attempts to unring a bell, and maybe stuff a genie back into a lamp.

Because again the point of a $20 solar lamp really is that there are no monthly payments like kerosene lamps.

There's even a possibility that a kerosene lamp caused a deadly fire in modern USA [2].

Solar plus battery might be better than this, but this looks like a whole lot better than a kerosene lamp.

Incandescent bulbs are usually 60W but can be 40W for a reading lamp or 100W to light up a whole room.

But really it's not a solar installation that's necessary, it's just a solar lamp.

The lamp had been disturbing the squid's sleep, causing it to take active measures.

A kerosene lamp probably converts ~2-3% of its energy into the light; I don't think they use catalytic burners.

Apparently, the museum noticed that a particular lamp was always broken.

Quote examples

Since observant Jews are forbidden from using electricity ("starting fires") on Saturdays, what they do is turn on the lamp on Friday and just keep it on the entire time.

> and having 10KG weights dangling around at variable points between ceiling and floor sounds if anything even more of a liability than a lamp with a naked flame This seems like an incredibly contrived "problem".