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Lights & lighting

Any device used for illumination, either for practical use or deliberate aesthetic effect.

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footlambert

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

An obsolete term referring to a luminance of 1/? candelas per square foot.

four-pin compact fluorescent lamps

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

A "plug-in" compact fluorescent lamp with 4 pins in the base to make electrical contact with the ballast.

fovea, foveal vision

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

A small region of the retina corresponding to what an observer is looking straight at. This region is populated almost entirely with cones, while the peripheral region has ...

frequency

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

Rate of alternation in an AC current. Expressed in cycles per second or Hertz (Hz).

full spectrum lighting

Lights & lighting; Lighting products

A marketing term, typically associated with light sources that are similar to some forms of natural daylight (5000K and above, 90+ CRI), but sometimes more broadly used for lamps ...