light bulb

The definition of a light bulb is a way to channel electricity into a light fixture.

Facts About the Light Bulb

  • Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb; but, in 1880 he made it more practical and useful by using bamboo for the filaments to have high electrical resistance.
  • In 1878 Joseph Swan developed a light bulb in England that used carbon paper instead of bamboo for the filaments.
  • They formed a company, Edison-Swan United, which was one of the biggest producers of light bulbs in the world.
(noun)

An example of a light bulb is the incandescent light used in a lamp.

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See light bulb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An electric light in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current.
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