LAMP

lamp

(noun) an artificial source of visible illumination

lamp

(noun) a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

lamp (plural lamps)

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Synonyms

• See also light source

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

(slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.

To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.

(slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

Anagrams

• MPLA, Palm, palm

Proper noun

LAMP

(Internet) Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server

Noun

LAMP (countable and uncountable, plural LAMPs)

(genetics) Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

(cytology) Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane proteins.

Anagrams

• MPLA, Palm, palm

Proper noun

Lamp (plural Lamps)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lamp is the 8209^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4042 individuals. Lamp is most common among White (94.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

• MPLA, Palm, palm

Source: Wiktionary

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Lamp, n.Etym: [OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See Lamina.]

Definition: A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lamp, n. Etym: [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. Lampad, Lantern.]

1. A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. cxix. 105. Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. Cowper.

3. (Elec.)

Definition: A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. Æolipile lamp, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale.

– Arc lamp (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light.

– Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist Döbereiner, who invented it. Called also philosopher's lamp.

– Flameless lamp, an aphlogistic lamp.

– Lamp burner, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. Knight.

– Lamp fount, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.

– Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n).

– Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.

– Lamp shell (Zoöl.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula.

– Safety lamp, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.

– To smell of the lamp, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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