lighting

English

Etymology

See light

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ

Noun

Wikipedia lighting (plural lightings)

1. the equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided
2. the act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
3. The process of annealing metals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

the equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided

• Esperanto: lumigo (eo)
• Finnish: valaistus (fi)
• Hungarian: világítás (hu), megvilágítás (hu), kivilágítás (hu)

• Russian: освещение (ru) (osveščénije) n, осветительные приборы (ru) (osvetítelʹnyje pribóry) m pl
• Swedish: blixt (sv)

the act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc

• Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi)
• Hungarian: meggyújtás (hu)

• Russian: освещение (ru) (osveščénije) n