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2. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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   An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation. Electric current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires ...

3. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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   Various governments have passed legislation to phase out manufacturing or importation of incandescent light bulbs for general lighting in favor of more energy- efficient alternatives. The regulations are generally based on efficiency, rather than use of incandescent technology. Brazil and Venezuela started the phase-out in 2005, [citation ...

4. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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   A chandelier (/ ˌʃændəˈlɪər /) is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. [1][2] Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now incandescent light bulbs are commonly used, [3] as well as fluorescent lamps ...

5. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   A variety of sizes, shapes and colours can be seen among these lights. Holiday lighting technology has been subject to considerable development and variation since the replacement of candles by electric lights. [citation needed] While originally used during the Christmas holidays as Christmas lights, modern electric light arrays have become ...

6. Edison light bulb - Wikipedia

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   Edison light bulb. Edison light bulbs, also known as filament light bulbs and retroactively referred to as antique light bulbs or vintage light bulbs, are either carbon- or early tungsten -filament incandescent light bulbs, or modern bulbs that reproduce their appearance. Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions of the wound filament ...

7. Plasma globe - Wikipedia

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   Plasma globe. A plasma ball with filaments extending between the inner and outer spheres. A plasma ball, plasma globe, or plasma lamp is a clear glass container filled with noble gases, usually a mixture of neon, krypton, and xenon, that has a high-voltage electrode in the center of the container. When voltage is applied, a plasma is formed ...