CFL
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- noun
- /siː ɛf ɛl/
:
lámpara fluorescente compacta
- By switching to CFL bulbs, you can significantly reduce your electricity bill and have a positive impact on the environment.
- CFL bulbs
- CFL lamp
- CFL light
There's lots of bulbs that don't behave nicely even with LED and CFL compatible dimmers.
- There's lots of bulbs that don't behave nicely even with LED and CFL compatible dimmers.
- The very last thing that you can do is get a low Kelvin CFL bulb.
Examples
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Just switching our desk lamp to a CFL from an incandescent bulb saves 75% of the electricity used.
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Changing that one incandescent bulb to a CFL could reduce CO2 emissions by 4 million tons per year!
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A viewer wrote in asking about what to do with CFL bulbs that have burned out.
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In the summer, I replace them with CFLs to keep it cooler.
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But, for example, the CFLs burn out in about 2 weeks when used with a dimmer.
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So I'm really glad you changed all the CFL, your lights here from incandescent to compact fluorescent.
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The mercury in CFLs is in vapor form, which is what heating it produces.
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Organizers hope to eventually distribute 1.7 million CFLs throughout the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara.
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The CFL's clumsy shape, however, was incompatible with most conventional lamps, and sales languished.
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Make recommendations and comparisons with CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) and Energy Star-rated appliances.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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A small light bulb that uses little electricity and lasts longer
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A long glass tube light used in offices and kitchens that uses electricity and lasts a long time
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A bulb that uses less electricity than old bulbs, for example LED bulbs
A light bulb that uses less electricity, like an LED or a compact fluorescent
Antonyms
How Energy-Efficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
CFL = compact + fluorescent + lamp (semi-transparent) = C + F + L
CFL is an initialism for 'compact fluorescent lamp'; the meaning is directly derived from those component words. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
CFL is short for compact fluorescent lamp, where compact means 'small' and fluorescent means 'to glow' like bright signs. So a CFL is a small, energy-saving light that uses a fluorescent tube to make light and is used instead of traditional bulbs.