electric lamp

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electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity arc lamp, arc light - a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodeselectric-discharge lamp, gas-discharge lamp - an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tubeflashlight, torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamplamp - an artificial source of visible illuminationelectric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricityslit lamp - (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve