as in candle
a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity
change a light bulb that has burned out
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Knowable Magazine On a Wednesday morning in late January 1896 at a small light bulb factory in Chicago, a middle-aged woman named Rose Lee found herself at the heart of a groundbreaking medical endeavor.
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Elie Dolgin, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
From his invention of the light bulb and electric power generation to sound recording and the motion picture camera.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
The type of light bulb is also a factor in the planning, according to Rittenhouse.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Others are manufacturing plants established by foreign multinationals, producing everything from light bulbs to car parts.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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Elie Dolgin, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
From his invention of the light bulb and electric power generation to sound recording and the motion picture camera.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
The type of light bulb is also a factor in the planning, according to Rittenhouse.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Others are manufacturing plants established by foreign multinationals, producing everything from light bulbs to car parts.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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“Light bulb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20bulb. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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