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Meaning of electric light | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Artificial light using electricity as a source of illumination.
  2. A device producing such light: an electric lightbulb or the lamp or light fixture that uses it.

Equivalents

Examples

“As late as 1910, only 7 per cent of Londoners had electric light in their homes.”
“The electric light system at Paddington is a very large one. There are 101 of these big lights of 2.000 candle power each, 4,000 of 25, and 23 of 100 candle power respectively, […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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