单词	light bulb
释义	light bulb noun ˈlīt-ˌbəlb  variants or lightbulb : an electric lamp: such as a : one in which a filament gives off light when heated to incandescence by an electric current called also incandescent, incandescent lamp b : fluorescent lamp Illustration of light bulb 1 bulb containing gas 2 filament 3 connecting and supporting wires 4 exhaust tube 5 screw base 6 base contact Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Branch Librarian Azalea Ebbay notes that one hanging piece evokes moths attracted to a light bulb, an apt metaphor for the library’s mission. Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022 All the data collected by the spacecraft instruments would be stored on eight-track tape recorders and then sent back to Earth by a 23-watt transmitter—about the power level of a refrigerator light bulb. Tim Folger, Scientific American, 18 June 2022 Make decisions by sliding the game world using Playdate's crank, which in turn guides a pinball to crash into a light bulb. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022 One chicken puts off as much heat as a 100-watt light bulb. John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022 The researchers point out that these empirical results support the existing body of literature showing postal reforms accelerated the innovations of the Gilded Age from the light bulb to the Kodak camera. Camille Squires, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2022 One example is Lewis Latimer, an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone. Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2022 If Google is a good indicator of public opinion, then the answer would be a light bulb. Csaba Toth, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 And when Abilene's jittery, bright-eyed brother (Boyd Holbrook) insists that her overdose was not an accident but a coverup for murder, a light bulb pings. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1885, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition light bulb noun : a lamp in which a glow is produced by the heating of a wire by an electric current light bulb noun as in candle a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity change a light bulb that has burned out Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance candle flashlight fluorescent lamp arc lamp lamp chandelier incandescent lamp sun lamp lighting flashcube dark lantern girandole electric lantern lighthouse arc light gasolier spotlight headlight candelabra candelabrum floodlight klieg light flashbulb streetlight kleig light gaslight flare sconce flash beacon illuminant
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