lamp - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • bask: Will I need to use a heat mat or is a basking lamp enough to provide heat.
  • flicker: Fifty years ago only a few flickering gas lamps lighted the most traveled thoroughfares.
  • hang: In it hangs the lamp whose measured swing suggested to Galileo the pendulum.
  • extinguish: A little lamp extinguished in my tent: then welcome around the bright joy outside.

Converse of subject

  • illuminate: So the author might just be describing an image illuminated by the seven lamps.

Adjective modifier

  • fluorescent: Plus, the fluorescent lamps are cheaper to run than filament bulbs.
  • incandescent: The reality is that incandescent lamps are really much better near infrared sources than visible light sources!
  • led: Above each screw terminal is an LED lamp to indicate which terminal ( or gear ) is active.
  • arc: Sources of such energy include lasers, arc discharge lamps, and tungsten halogen bulbs.
  • electric: There was a noise of business from the gasworks, and the electric lamps were all alight.

Modifies a noun

  • shade: Some hold mirrors, some hang from the ceiling and provide lamp shades and some even grace the toilets.
  • dimmer: Lamp dimmers, speed controllers in food processors and washing machines, and energy saving ( high-frequency ) lamps all fall into this category.
  • filament: Precise alignment of the tip with the optical axis is not essential as it is much larger than most lamp filaments.

Noun used with modifier

  • halogen: The light source was a halogen lamp used in the dental clinic, emitting mainly in the blue part of the spectrum.
  • lava: Place lava lamps around the room to give a new age feel.
  • paraffin: A stove installed during the 1870s was removed in 1907, when the paraffin lamps were fitted.
  • slit: This paper presents a new method for localization of PRL with a modified slit lamp.
  • bedside: Two small chest of drawers, bedside lamps, built in cupboard.
  • carbide: The miners at this time at Eastern still used carbide lamps.

Possessives

  • miner: He has carried home his miner's lamp to prepare it for the next day's work.

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