"electric light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electric lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} electric light (countable and uncountable, plural electric lights)
  1. Artificial light using electricity as a source of illumination. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-electric_light-en-noun-2LGItKJa Disambiguation of Light: 52 48
  2. A device producing such light. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light, Light sources Derived forms: electric light bug
    Sense id: en-electric_light-en-noun-L-kq57eP Disambiguation of Light: 52 48 Disambiguation of Light sources: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79

Inflected forms

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