What is Lamp?
[[Image:Austria_-_Schloss_Leopoldskron_Library_-_2805.jpg|thumb|Desk lamps in a library]] A '''lamp''' is a [[wikt:device|device]] that makes [[light]] and [[heat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamp|title=Definition of lamp|publisher=Merriam-Webster dictionary|accessdate=2007-08-08|archive-date=2007-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820052909/http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lamps usually work with [[electricity]], using a [[lightbulb]]. In the [[United States]], a lamp is usually considered a desk lamp or floor lamp. Other sources of light are called 'lights', such as [[streetlight]]s, [[flashlight]]s, and headlights, which in some countries are called streetlamps, torches and [[headlamp]]s. Before electric lamps were invented, gas lamps, [[oil lamp]]s or [[candle|candles]] were used. ==Related pages== * [[Compact fluorescent lamp]] * [[Gas discharge lamp]] *[[Lava lamp]] (mostly used for decoration rather than lighting a room) == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Furniture]] [[Category:Lamps]] {{tech-stub}}