fountain lamp
fountain lamp noun: a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir.
Noun
fountain lamp (plural fountain lamps)
- A lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir.
- The oil will be maintained at an uniform level in the burner of this lamp as perfectly as it is in the cocmmon fountain lamp, without being open to the objection against that lamp, of casting a shadow.1841 May 29, N. N. L., “Description of a plan for maintaining the oil of a lamp at a uniform level.”, in Mechanics' Magazine, number 929, page 408
- The flame generally used in reflectors is from an Argand fountain lamp, the wick of which is one inch in diameter.1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, page 180
- A lamp that consists of a large number of fiber optic tubes that mimic the spray of water from a fountain.
- A familiar application is the fountain lamp that has several hundred fibers spraying out of the top.1989, Ron Whittaker, Video Field Production, page 349
Forms of fountain lamp
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Questions about fountain lamp
- What does fountain lamp mean?
- Fountain lamp means a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir.
- What part of speech is fountain lamp?
- Fountain lamp is a noun.
- What is the plural of fountain lamp?
- The plural of fountain lamp is fountain lamps.
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