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• Lamp and Lampadarii — • There is very little evidence that any strictly liturgical use was made of lamps in the early centuries of Christianity. The fact that many of the services took place at night, and that after the lapse of a generation or two the meetings of the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Body capacitance — is a biological property of the human body that makes it a good capacitor and able to store charge. This principle allows touch switches and proximity detectors to interface with the human body the way they do. It is also why humans can build up… …   Wikipedia

• lamp shells — ▪ animal Introduction also called  brachiopod,         any member of the phylum Brachiopoda, a group of bottom dwelling marine invertebrates. They are covered by two valves, or shells; one valve covers the dorsal, or top, side; the other covers… …   Universalium

• lamp — lampless, adj. /lamp/, n. 1. any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Cf. fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp. 2. a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of… …   Universalium

• lamp — Synonyms and related words: Chinese lantern, Finsen light, Moore light, arc light, battery lamp, broadside, candle, candlelight, cresset, dark lantern, electric candle, electric lamp, electric light bulb, electric torch, electric arc lamp,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• lamp — [[t]læmp[/t]] n. 1) elm any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas 2) a container for burning an inflammable liquid, as oil, at a wick for illumination 3) a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of… …   From formal English to slang

• lamp — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein to shine; akin to Hittite lap to burn Date: 13th century 1. a. any of various devices for producing light or sometimes heat: as (1) a vessel with …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lamp — /læmp / (say lamp) noun 1. any of various devices for using an illuminant, as gas or electricity, or for heating, as by burning alcohol. 2. a vessel for containing a flammable liquid, as oil, which is burnt at a wick as a means of illumination. 3 …  

• Geordie lamp — The Geordie lamp was invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a solution to explosions due to firedamp in coal mines.Although controversy arose between Stephenson s design and the Davy lamp, (invented by Humphry Davy in the same year), Stephenson …   Wikipedia

• Oil lamp — Neolithic stone lamps in Thousand Lamp Museum in Qiandeng town of Kunshan …   Wikipedia

• Black body — As the temperature decreases, the peak of the blackbody radiation curve moves to lower intensities and longer wavelengths. The blackbody radiation graph is also compared with the classical model of Rayleigh and Jeans …   Wikipedia