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electric light

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meanings of electricand light


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electric
adjective
uk /iˈlek.trɪk/ us /ɪˈlek.trɪk/
using electricity ...
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light
noun
uk /laɪt/ us /laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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Examples of electric light


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The latest technological advances were incorporated with advantage: electriclight, sea-water distilling apparatus, refrigeration.
An innovative feature was that the vessel was lit by electriclight.
The above series of experiments were repeated employing electriclight as the source of illumination.
Mining and manufacturing firms could buy and hold stock in companies that generated electriclight for them.
It allows window sizes to be increased without serious overheating and so it reduces the need for electriclight.
It incorporated a very nice electriclight.
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Another example is the electriclight bulb.
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Finally, if required, gas and electriclight can be introduced.
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The occupant immediately had to switch on the electriclight.
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Many have no electriclight or satisfactory sanitary arrangements.
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Most of them now have electriclight and television.
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In many cases very unsightly electriclight posts are erected.
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There are, too, electriclight and spring beds.
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Is this an illustration of the new electriclight?
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Surely electriclight is also a national service!
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There are 9,000,000 people already wired-up for electriclight.
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He had a very heavy electriclight bill.
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Firstly the diesel generator broke down, leaving them with no electriclight, only oil lamps and candles, and without radio communication.
Optics and mirrors, photography and dactyloscopy, and the spread of electriclight all offered not only breadth of sight, but also depth of inquiry.
For example, a design entity based on an electriclight bulb may be able to fulfill the functions provide light and generate heat simultaneously.
Healers probably heal in the same proportion vis-a-vis modern medicine, as the washboard compared to washing machines and candles compared to electriclight bulbs.
The landlady cuts off the electriclight supply or takes the electriclight bulbs out, or again, she may cut off the heating system.
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After payment of this sum, by plugging into their electriclight subscribers would receive, along the electric-light wire, anything that was going.
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