LAMP
\lˈamp], \lˈamp], \l_ˈa_m_p]\
Definitions of LAMP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A thin plate or lamina.
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A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
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Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
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A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
By Oddity Software
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A thin plate or lamina.
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A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
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Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
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A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
By Noah Webster.
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A vessel in which oil, etc., may be passed through a wick and ignited so as to produce light; any device for producing artificial light; as, an electric lamp.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [German] A contrivance for producing artificial light;— a torch; a link;— a lantern;— a vessel containing combustible oil to be burned by a wick, or inflammable gas from a jet, used for illuminating purposes;— the outward configuration of such; chandelier; gasolier, &c. :— figuratively, spiritual light; direction;— guide;— a beacon. Safety-lamp, a contrivance of Sir H. Davy’s for lighting mines safely. The vessel bolding the oil and wick is inclosed in a cylinder of wire gauze, which permits the transmission of the light, but prevents the access of the fire-damp to the flame until it has been reduced below the point at which it explodes.
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