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How to sign: any device serving as a source of illumination
"he stopped the car and turned off the lights";
Similiar / Same: ceiling light, light source
Categories: source of illumination
Within this category: anchor light, blinker, fairy light, flood, headlight, houselights, jacklight, navigation light, night-light, panel light, room light, searchlight, sidelight, strip lighting, theater light, torch
How to sign: characterized by or emitting light
"a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light";
How to sign: having abundant light or illumination
"they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good";
Similiar / Same: lighting
Categories: illumination
How to sign: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
"the light was filtered through a soft glass window";
Similiar / Same: visible light, visible radiation
Categories: actinic radiation, actinic ray
Within this category: beam, candlelight, corona, counterglow, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, gaslight, glow, half-light, incandescence, lamplight, luminescence, meteor, moonlight, radiance, scintillation, starlight, streamer, sunlight, torchlight, twilight
How to sign: of comparatively little physical weight or density
"a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C";
