Definition of incandescence lamp. Meaning of incandescence lamp. Synonyms of incandescence lamp

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Definition of incandescence lamp

incandescence lamp
, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp.

Meaning of incandescence lamp from wikipedia

- use in lamps. More efficient light sources, such as fluorescent lamps and LEDs, do not function by incandescence. Sunlight is the incandescence of the...
- electrode is then heated to incandescence by collisions by ions, which constitute the electric current. Tesla found that these lamps could be used as powerful...
- Vapor from the chamber burns, heating a mantle to incandescence and also providing heat. Kerosene lamps are widely used for lighting in rural areas of Africa...
- therefore efficiency loss due to reduced incandescence—by heat conduction and heat convection. Early lamps used only a vacuum to protect the filament...
- shining light at the lamp. In comparison with incandescent lamps, neon lamps have much higher luminous efficacy. Incandescence is heat-driven light emission...
- commercially viable light-source based on gas discharges instead of incandescence; it was the predecessor to contemporary neon lighting and fluorescent...
- a residue of mineral materials (mostly thorium dioxide), heated to incandescence by the flame from the wick. The thorium and cerium oxide combination...
- luminous due to small soot particles in the flame which are heated to incandescence. Producing a deliberately luminous flame requires either a shortage...
- tungsten filament. Instead, they used a ceramic rod that was heated to incandescence. Because the rod (unlike tungsten wire) would not further oxidize when...
- gas radon-220 as one of its decay products. Moreover, when heated to incandescence, the thorium volatilizes its in-growth radio-daughters, particularly...