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Opal Glass

Milky, translucent glass produced by adding ingredients to clear glass. Used for diffusing light.

 

Oriental Style

Classic lighting is the popular paper lantern or shade style. Chinese and Japanese motifs may also be used to decorate table and floor lamps.

 

Outdoor Lighting

Any hard wired, low-voltage or solar powered lighting system that is used in an exterior space. Outdoor lighting can enhance the beauty of your home, making it safer and more secure. Outdoor lighting typically is an investment that pays off in the value it adds to a home.

 

Outlet Box

Also Junction Box. Enclosure that protects spliced wires and supports surface fixtures.

 

Over Voltage

Incandescent lamps experience shortened lamp life when operated above their rated voltage.

LAMPS & LIGHTING – A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

• A – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Accent Lighting to Aperture + much more
• B – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Ballast to Bulb + much more
• C – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Colour Temperature to Cove Downlights + much more
• D – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Dichroic to Dimmer + much more
• E – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  ER to Eyeball + much more
• F – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Filament to Floodlights + much more
• G – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Gimbal to Glare + much more
• H – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Halogen to Heat Ratings + much more
• I – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  IC to Incandesence + much more
• J – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Jack to Junction Box + much more
• K – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Kelvin to Kilowatt + much more
• L – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Lacquer to Low Voltage + much more
• M – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Mogul Base to MR + much more
• N – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Neon to Nominal Watts + much more
• O – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Outdoor to Over Voltage + much more
• P – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  PAR to Prism + much more
• Q – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Quad Tube to Quartz + much more
• R – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  R Class to Recessed + much more
• S – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Scene to Silhouetting + much more
• T – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Track Lighting to Tungsten Halogen + much more
• U – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  UV to URN + much more
• V – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Valance to Volt + much more
• W – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Wall Lighting to Wattage + much more
• X – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Xenon and that’s all!
• Y – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Yard Lighting and that’s all!
• Z – Lamps & Lighting Dictionary:
  Zone Lighting and that’s all!
  
  
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