English > light source: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | Any device serving as a source of illumination. |
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| Synonym | light |
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| Narrower | anchor light, riding light, riding lamp | A light in the rigging / rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
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| blinker, flasher | A light that flashes on and off |
| fairy light | A small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas) |
| flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood | light that is a source / source of artificial illumination having a broad beam |
| headlight, headlamp | A powerful light with reflector |
| houselights | lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium |
| jacklight | A light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night |
| navigation light | light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation |
| night-light | light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids) |
| panel light | A light to illuminate an instrument panel |
| room light | light that provides general illumination for a room |
| sconce | A candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce |
| searchlight | A light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction |
| sidelight, running light | light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction |
| strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
| theater light | Any of various lights used in a theater |
| torch | A light usually carried in the hand |
| Broader | source of illumination | Any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation |
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| Spanish | fuente de luz, luz |
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| Catalan | làmpada, llum |
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