A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
Used in a Sentence
lamps
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lamps.
Editorial note
Looking at what Flos and Artemide lamps go for, there's definitely a market at that price point.
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Definitions4
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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 lamps gathered in one view.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lamps.
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.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
Looking at what Flos and Artemide lamps go for, there's definitely a market at that price point.
The lamps can be closer to the plants without cooking them, which means the trays can be stacked closer and the density of the operation goes up.
There are very good LED lamps out there, built with high efficiency, high brightness LEDs, but they are expensive.
Because again the point of a $20 solar lamp really is that there are no monthly payments like kerosene lamps.
But really, solar lamps are low-tech, no installation required, you buy em and they work.
How can it be that your lamps have higher efficiency despite providing a complete spectrum?
What are you going to do if someone doesn't pay up, are you going to take their solar lamps away from them?
I would say the hazards of this device sure beat the hazards of kerosene lamps (fire, mostly).
There are lots of places where we still use things like Xenon lamps for measurement of things.
I recently replaced a bunch of 50W of Halogen lamps (came with the apartment) with 1W LEDs.
Lamp lifetime may tip the scales in favor of these LED lamps.
So small, distributed lighting units are used, instead of huge ceiling lamps.
Quote examples
The Philips Hue lamps have an official app that's passable but the third party "Hue Pro" adds functionality.
"No, we don't carry lamps but you can find them all on our website," said the cheery young salesgirl.
High pressure sodium lamps (apparently the norm for indoor commercial food growing) look to be about 1.8µmoles/watt, compared against the ">2 µmoles/watt" of these lights, well, its going to take a long time to save $1000 in energy on a 250 watt lamp.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lamps in a sentence?
Looking at what Flos and Artemide lamps go for, there's definitely a market at that price point.
What does lamps mean?
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
What part of speech is lamps?
lamps is commonly used as noun.