light source

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪt.sɔːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪt.sɔɹs/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈlʌɪt.sɔɹs]

Noun

light source (plural light sources)

1. A source of illumination.

Translations

source of illumination

Chinese: Mandarin: 光源 (zh) (guāngyuán) Finnish: valonlähde (fi) French: source lumineuse (fr) f German: Lichtquelle (de) f Hungarian: fényforrás (hu) Italian: punto luce, sorgente luminosa Japanese: 光源 (ja) (こうげん, kōgen) Korean: 광원 (ko) (gwang'won), 빛샘 (bitsaem) (North) Norwegian: Bokmål: lyskilde m, lyskjelde m or f Nynorsk: lyskjelde f, ljoskjelde f Portuguese: fonte luminosa f, fonte de luz f Russian: исто́чник све́та m (istóčnik svéta) Spanish: fuente de luz, fuente lumínica f Swedish: ljuskälla (sv) c Turkish: ışık kaynağı (tr)

See also

• anchor light, riding lamp, riding light
• blinker, flasher
• fairy light
• flambeau, torch
• flashlight
• flood, flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood
• foglamp, headlamp, headlight
• footlight, footlights
• handlamp
• houselights
• jacklight
• lamp
• lightbulb
• navigation light
• night-light
• panel light
• room light
• running light, sidelight
• searchlight
• strip lighting
• theater light, theatre light
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