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adex
Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX) is the largest and most prestigious awards program for product design of furniture fixtures (including light fixtures), and finishes. It is sponsored by Design Journal, the trade publication for interior designers, architects, and facility managers. Each category has potential for three award levels: platinum, go [..]
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instant start
refers to fluorescent lamps that start instantly without pre-heating the cathodes and without the need for starters.
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lampholder
Synonymous with lamp socket
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ac
See alternating current
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ansi
See American National Standards Institute
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accent lighting
Lighting that is used to accent or highlight a particular object such as a work of art. To be effective accent lighting should be approximately four or five times the level of ambient light in the room, area, or space. House plants can be accented by aiming an uplight at the wall behind the plant, creating a dramatic silhouette of the plant against [..]
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alabaster
Genuine alabaster is a very fine variety of crystalline gypsum (hydrous calcium sulfate) found in nature. It is translucent and its color is often white, pearly, or silky colorless but it, more often than not, has subtle reddish-brown bands of iron oxide running through it. It is often used for decorative objects such as light fixtures or figurines [..]
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a-line lamp
The type of incandescent light bulb that is generally used in most indoor residential lighting applications. By January 1, 2014 the most common standard screw-base incandescent household (A-line) light bulbs will be phased out in the U.S. Clear, frosted, soft white, and daylight light bulbs will be phased out but specialty colors and shapes will no [..]
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alternating current
The flow of electricity (electric current) in a circuit that frequently alternates direction every second. In the USA, the standard frequency of alternating current is 60 Hz (hertz or cycles/second) and AC (as opposed to direct current) is generally the method for delivering electric power to homes and buildings.
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amalgam
An alloy of mercury which is an upgrade from traditional liquid mercury. Since it gives better mercury vapor control in the glass envelope the lamps that use amalgam perform better over a wider variety of temperatures and operating positions.
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