ALL meanings of incandescent lamp
in·can·des·cent lamp
I i - noun incandescent lamp a lamp that emits light due to the glowing of a heated material, especially the common device in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb is rendered luminous by the passage of an electric current through it. 1
- noun incandescent lamp type of electric light 1
- noun incandescent lamp a source of light that contains a heated solid, such as an electrically heated filament 0
- noun incandescent lamp a lamp in which the light is produced by a filament of conducting material contained in a vacuum and heated to incandescence by an electric current 0