Lights & lighting

Lights & lighting

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

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roadway lights

Lights & lighting; Outdoor lighting

Street lights are not normally intended to illuminate the driving route (headlights are preferred), but to reveal signs and hazards outside of the headlights' beam. Because of the ...

security lighting

Lights & lighting; Outdoor lighting

Security lighting is similar to high-intensity lighting on a busy major street, with no pools of light and dark, but with the lighted area extending onto people's property, at ...

searchlight

Lights & lighting; Outdoor lighting

A device combining a luminous source with a parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light. The device is usually constructed so that it can swivel and turn to different ...