Argand lamp
() A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. |
Carcel lamp
() A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork. |
Davy lamp
() See Safety lamp, under Lamp. |
Discharge
(v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden |
Discharge
(v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded |
Discharge
(v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc. |
Discharge
(v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment |
Discharge
(v. t.) To release legally from confinement |
Discharge
(v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden |
Discharge
(v. t.) To let fly, as a missile |
Discharge
(v. t.) To set aside |
Discharge
(v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt |
Discharge
(v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment |
Discharge
(v. t.) To give forth |
Discharge
(v. t.) To prohibit |
Discharge
(v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden |
Discharge
(v. t.) The act of discharging |
Discharge
(v. t.) Firing off |
Discharge
(v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc. |
Discharge
(v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc. |
Discharge
(v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc. |
Discharge
(v. t.) Legal release from confinement |
Discharge
(v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like |
Discharge
(v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document. |
Discharge
(v. t.) A flowing or issuing out |
Fresnel lamp
() Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern |
Lamp
(n.) A thin plate or lamina. |
Lamp
(n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus |
Lamp
(n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally |
Lamp
(n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. |
Lamp-post
(n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
discharge
firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
release waiver
discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal
dismission
discharge firing liberation release sack
sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
| dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
| discharge venting | the act of venting |
brachiopod
lamp shell
lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
| Aladdin's lamp | (Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie |
anchor light
riding light
riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
arc lamp
arc light | a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
| discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
| discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged |
electric-discharge lamp
gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
| electric lamp | a lamp powered by electricity |
flash
photoflash
flash lamp
flashgun
flashbulb
flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flood
floodlight
flood lamp
photoflood | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam, used in photography |
| floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
| 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-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
| gas lamp | a lamp that burns illuminating gas |
| glow lamp | a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode, used in stroboscopes |
heat lamp
infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
hurricane lamp
hurricane lantern
tornado lantern
storm lantern
storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
| lamp | an artificial source of visible illumination |
| lamp | a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs |
lamp chimney
chimney | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp |
lamp house
lamphouse
lamp housing | housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) |
lampshade
lamp shade | a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view |
light bulb
lightbulb
bulb
incandescent lamp
electric light
electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
| mercury-vapor lamp | ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor |
neon lamp
neon induction 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 |
oil lamp
kerosene lamp
kerosine lamp | a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light |
pilot light
pilot lamp
indicator lamp | indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation |
| quartz lamp | a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container |
| reading lamp | a lamp that provides light for reading |
safety lamp
Davy lamp | an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) |
| slit 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 |
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 |
| spirit lamp | a lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol |
streetlight
street lamp | a lamp supported on a lamppost, for illuminating a street |
| student lamp | a reading lamp with a flexible neck, used on a desk |
sunlamp
sun lamp
sunray lamp
sunay lamp | a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments |
| table lamp | a lamp that sits on a table |
taillight
tail lamp
rear light
rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
ultraviolet lamp
ultraviolet source | any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation |
| discharge | the sudden giving off of energy |
| electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
discharge outpouring
run | the pouring forth of a fluid |
Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Lady with the Lamp | English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (-) |