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lamp
(lămp)n.
1. Any of various devices that generate light and often heat, especially:
a. An electric device having a socket for a light bulb, especially a free-standing piece of furniture.
b. A device that gives off ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes.
c. A light bulb: a spotlight fitted with a metal-halide lamp.
d. A vessel containing oil or alcohol burned through a wick.
e. A lantern or fixture that gives off light by burning gas, usually by means of a mantle.
2. Archaic A celestial body that gives off or reflects light.
[Middle English lampe, from Old French, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein, to shine.]
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lamp
(læmp)n
1.
a. any of a number of devices that produce illumination: an electric lamp; a gas lamp; an oil lamp.
b. (in combination): lampshade.
2. a device for holding one or more electric light bulbs: a table lamp.
3. a vessel in which a liquid fuel is burned to supply illumination
4. any of a variety of devices that produce radiation, esp for therapeutic purposes: an ultraviolet lamp.
[C13 lampe, via Old French from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein to shine]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
lamp
(læmp)n.
1. any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
2. a container for burning an inflammable liquid, as oil, at a wick for illumination.
3. a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning.
4. any of various devices furnishing heat, ultraviolet, or other radiation: an infrared lamp.
5. a celestial body that gives off light.
6. lamps, Slang. the eyes.
[1150–1200; Middle English lampe < Old French < Late Latin lampada, for Latin lampas, s. lampad- < Greek lampás lamp]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
lamp
- finial - The decorative knob on the top of a lamp, holding the shade on.
- pendeloque - A pear-shaped glass (crystal) pendant on a lamp or chandelier.
- lantern - Traces back to Greek lucerna, "lamp."
- match - First meant "wick of a candle or lamp" or "spout of a lamp" before it was the item used to light candles and lamps.
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| Noun | 1. |  lamp - an artificial source of visible illuminationAladdin's lamp - (Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie discharge lamp - a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash, flash - a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph fluorescent lamp - lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material; mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material gas lamp - a lamp that burns illuminating gas hurricane lamp, hurricane lantern, storm lamp, storm lantern, tornado lantern - an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney lantern - light in a transparent protective case calcium light, limelight - a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting neon induction lamp, neon lamp, neon tube - a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp - lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting source of illumination - any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation spirit lamp - a lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol spotlight, spot - a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer street lamp, streetlight - a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street rear lamp, rear light, tail lamp, taillight - lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
| 2. | lamp - a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" electric socket - a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted floor lamp - a lamp that stands on the floor article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" lamp shade, lampshade - a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view reading lamp - a lamp that provides light for reading table lamp - a lamp that sits on a table |
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lamp
noun
Quotations
"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime" [Lord Grey Twenty-five Years]
"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime" [Lord Grey Twenty-five Years]
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Translations
مِصْباحمِصْبَاحٌ
lampa
lampe=-lampe
lamppu
lampeLAMP
svjetiljkafenjerlampa
lámpamécsesolajlámpa
lampi; götuljós
ランプ
램프
lempalempos gaubtasžibintasžibinto stulpas
lampa
svetilkažarnicažepna svetilka
lampasvetiljka
lampa
ตะเกียง
lambalâmba
đèn
lamp
[læmp]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lamp
n → Lampe f; (in street) → Laterne f; (Aut, Rail) → Scheinwerfer m; (= rear lamp) → Rücklicht nt; (= torch) → Taschenlampe f; (= sun lamp) → Höhensonne f
lamp
:lampblack
n → Farbruß m
lamp bracket
n → Lampenhalterung f
lamp chimney, lamp glass
n → Zylinder m
lamplight
n → Lampenlicht nt, → Schein m → der Lampe(n); (in street) → Licht nt → der Laterne(n); by lamp → bei Lampenlicht; in the lamp → im Schein der Lampe(n)
lamplighter
n → Laternenanzünder m
lamp
:lampshade
n → Lampenschirm m
lamp standard
n = lamppost
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
lamp
[læmp] n (for table) → lampada; (in street) → lampione m (Aut) → faro, luce f (Rail) → lanterna; (bulb) → lampadinaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lamp
(lӕmp) noun a (glass-covered) light. an oil-lamp; a table lamp; a street-lamp.
ˈlamp-post noun the pillar supporting a street-lamp.
ˈlampshade noun a cover for a light-bulb, made of eg cloth, paper or metal, which lessens, softens or directs the light coming from it.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lamp
→ مِصْبَاحٌ lampa lampe Lampe λάμπα lámpara lamppu lampe svjetiljka lampada ランプ 램프 lamp lampe lampa lâmpada лампа lampa ตะเกียง lamba đèn 灯Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lamp
n. lámpara;
infrared ___ → ___ infrarroja;
lamplight → luz de una ___;
slit ___ → ___ de hendidura;
sun ___ → ___ solar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lamp
n lámpara; heat — lámpara de calor; slit — lámpara de hendidura; sun — lámpara solar; ultraviolet — lámpara ultravioleta; Wood’s — lámpara de WoodEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.