(electricity) A filament used in incandescent lamps, and as an incandescent cathode in many types of electron tubes, such as thermionic vacuum tubes.
tungsten filament
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 | tungsten lamp |
| standard source A, light source A |
| incandescent lamp, incandescent filament lamp |
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