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Lights & lighting
Any device used for illumination, either for practical use or deliberate aesthetic effect.
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Lights & lighting; Lighting products
Typical application and/or other important information including footnotes, operating information, features and benefits.
ambient lighting
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
The general lighting present in an area --excluding task lighting and accent lighting but including general lighting and daylight streaming in.
amperes
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
("Amps.") A measure of electrical current. In incandescent lamps, the current is related to voltage and power as follows: Watts (power) = Volts x Amps (current).
application
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
Also called "lighting application," it refers to the particular use the lamp is being put to. (e.g. high-bay industrial application or retail lighting application.) The term can ...
arc
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
Intense luminous discharge formed by the passage of electric current in a gaseous medium across a space between electrodes. (See ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE).
arc lamp
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
A light source containing an arc (see above). Also called a discharge lamp, or an arc discharge lamp (See ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE).
arc length
Lights & lighting; Lighting products
In High Intensity Discharge lamps this is the distance between the electrode tips, which represents the physical length of the electrical discharge.
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- Lighting bulbs & tubes (94)
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