electric light
English
Noun
electric light (countable and uncountable, plural electric lights)
- Artificial light using electricity as a source of illumination.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 83:
- As late as 1910, only 7 per cent of Londoners had electric light in their homes.
- A device producing such light.
Derived terms
- electric light bug
References
- “electric light” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.