electric light

Also known as electric light source, lamp

any device that produces light from electricity

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Electric light is any device that produces light by using electricity, such as light bulbs or LED lamps. It matters because it allows people to illuminate spaces without relying on fire or natural sunlight, making activities possible at any time of day or night.

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An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical device that produces light from electricity. It is the most common form of artificial lighting. Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic that secures them in the socket of a light fixture. The electrical connection to the socket may be made with a screw-thread base, two metal pins, two metal caps or a bayonet mount.

The three main categories of electric lights are incandescent lamps, which produce light by a filament heated white-hot by electric current, gas-discharge lamps, which produce light by means of an electric arc through a gas, such as fluorescent lamps, and LED lamps, which produce light by a flow of electrons across a band gap in a semiconductor.