electric light
Current-driven brightness source
An electric light is a device that produces illumination by passing electricity through a filament, gas, or semiconductor—as opposed to candles, oil lamps, or gas fixtures.
The term often appears in historical contexts describing the transition from older lighting methods: The theater was among the first buildings in the city fitted with electric light.
Rounded storage organ
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- incandescentGlowing from heat
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- halogenSalt-producing element group
CFL · filament · Edison · tungsten · wattage · lumens · socket · dimmer
Degree of light emitted
- glowSteady, soft light
- illuminationProvision of light
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- beamStructural support member
warmth · coolness · color temperature · lumens · dim · bright · soft · harsh
Electric light fixture
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- sconceMounted light fixture
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
- lanternEnclosed portable light
streetlight · floodlight · spotlight · recessed · table lamp · floor lamp · desk lamp · nightlight
bulb
Rounded storage organ
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- incandescentGlowing from heat
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
halogen · CFL · filament · Edison · tungsten · wattage · lumens · socket · dimmer · ballast
brightness
Degree of light emitted
- glowSteady, soft light
- illuminationProvision of light
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
beam · warmth · coolness · color temperature · lumens · dim · bright · soft · harsh · ambient
lamp
Electric light fixture
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- sconceMounted light fixture
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
lantern · streetlight · floodlight · spotlight · recessed · table lamp · floor lamp · desk lamp · nightlight · lampshade
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
- EdisonThomas Edison, Edison, inventor, phonograph, incandescent lamp
- lightinglamp, lamps, bulbs, bulb, lightbulb
- Victorian inventionstelegraph, steam engine, phonograph, typewriter, telephone
- 1901Theodore Roosevelt, Edward VII, Texas oil
electric lightcandlelight
Luminescence from burning wick
gaslight · oil lamp · kerosene lamp · firelight · gas lamp
light, lightly, electric, lighting, lighter, electricity, electronic, lightness, electrical