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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An apparatus containing a light source and a reflector for projecting a high-intensity beam of approximately parallel rays of light.
  • n. The beam of light so projected.
  • n. A flashlight.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction.
  • n. The light from the above source.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.
  • n. The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An electric arc-light having a lens or reflector, mounted on shipboard or on land on a vertical axis in such a way that the beam of light may be made to traverse in a horizontal path.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    light source    light   
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