Light+Vocabulary



= **Learn some interesting basic concepts about "Light" ** = **Accent Lighting:** lighting that is used to accent or highlight a particular object such as a work of art. **Alabaster:** is a very fine variety of crystalline gypsum (yeso cristalino) found in nature. It is often used for decorative objects such as light fixtures. **A-Line Lamp:** the type of incandescent light bulb that is generally used in most indoor residential lighting applications. **Alternating Current (AC) (Corriente alterna):** the flow of electricity (electric current) in a circuit that frequently alternates direction every second.

**Area Lighting:** a landscape lighting term that refers to the lighting of large landscaped areas, usually with floodlights  **Baffle (deflector):** is usually a grooved surface (superficie acanalada) that deflects and controls the “flow” of light to soften it and minimize reflected glare. **Ballast:** an electrical device used with fluorescent and HID (high intensity discharge) lamps (light bulbs)

**Barn Doors:** 2 or 4 adjustable opaque plates attached to the front of a luminaire. **Base** **CFL**: see __[|compact fluorescent lamp] __ **Chandelier**  Circline**: a type of fluorescent lamp that is made up of a circular tube of glass.** Cornice Lighting: a lighting system comprised of light sources shielded by a panel parallel to the wall and attached to the ceiling and distributing light over the wall.

**Dimmer (Atenuador):** a device in an electrical circuit used for varying the brightness of lamps in a lighting installation.

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Floodlight (foco) **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Hardwired (cableado):** technically means that the light fixture is permanently connected to an electrical source.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**HID Lamp**: //high intensity discharge// (HID) lamps

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Light Trespass**: also known as "spill light". Light that is emitted into an unintended area. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> **Sconce** (candelabro de pared) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> **Uplight** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Wattage: the amount of electrical power consumed by a lamp or light fixture measured in “watts”.**