"light source" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪt.sɔːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪt.sɔɹs/ [General-American], [ˈlʌɪt.sɔɹs] [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-light source.wav [US] Forms: light sources [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light source (plural light sources)
  1. A source of illumination. Categories (topical): Light sources Synonyms: light source Translations (source of illumination): 光源 (guāngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), valonlähde (Finnish), source lumineuse [feminine] (French), Lichtquelle [feminine] (German), fényforrás (Hungarian), punto luce (Italian), sorgente luminosa (Italian), 光源 (kōgen) (alt: こうげん) (Japanese), 광원 (gwang'won) (Korean), 빛샘 (bitsaem) [North] (Korean), lyskilde [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lyskjelde [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lyskjelde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ljoskjelde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fonte luminosa [feminine] (Portuguese), fonte de luz [feminine] (Portuguese), исто́чник све́та (istóčnik svéta) [masculine] (Russian), fuente de luz (Spanish), fuente lumínica [feminine] (Spanish), ljuskälla [common-gender] (Swedish), ışık kaynağı (Turkish)

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      "word": "valonlähde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "source lumineuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtquelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "fényforrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "punto luce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "sorgente luminosa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōgen",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "光源"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwang'won",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "광원"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bitsaem",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "North"
      ],
      "word": "빛샘"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lyskilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lyskjelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lyskjelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljoskjelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte luminosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte de luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istóčnik svéta",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исто́чник све́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "fuente de luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuente lumínica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ljuskälla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "source of illumination",
      "word": "ışık kaynağı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "light source"
}

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