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Holophane|ˈhɒləʊfeɪn|
Also holophane.
[f. holo- + Gr. ϕαίνειν to shine, appear.]
A proprietary name used attrib. or as adj. to designate a type of lamp-shade that encloses the bulb but is made of glass specially fluted to refract and reflect the light in the required manner with little loss; also applied to the glass itself.
1893Psaroudaki & Blondel Brit. Pat. 19,185, Our invention has for object to replace the globes, shades, reflectors..in use, by others made of transparent or crystal glass giving the..following results:— 1st. They are shining on almost the whole of their visible surface and receive for this cause the name of ‘holophane’ (entirely shining). Ibid., For making the globe appear ‘holophane’. 1911V. Zingler in L. Weaver House & Equipment 116 For general dispersed lighting, a bowl or hemisphere of holophane glass, mounted on the ceiling with the lamp inside, gives a soft and pleasing light. 1927Brit. Weekly 14 Nov. 193/4 The modern electric lighting with soft light and clusters of Holophane globes is a marked improvement. 1956L. E. Jones Edwardian Youth x. 245 An American inventor of a prismatic glass called ‘Holophane’ was looking for an assistant. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxvii. 559 The distribution of light from artificial sources varies greatly. It can be modified by the use of reflectors and prismatic (holophane) globes. |