lightbulb

lightbulb
light bulb n.
An electric light in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current.

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 electric incandescent lamp based on a glowing metallic filament enclosed within a glass shell filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen. See incandescent lamp; lamp.

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