compact fluorescent light
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- noun
- /kəmˈpækt flɔːˈrɛsənt laɪt/
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bombilla fluorescente compacta
- A compact fluorescent light bulb is good at converting energy into light; a 2000 kg SUV is bad at converting energy into moving your 70 kg body 5 miles to work.
- compact fluorescent light bulb
- energy-efficient compact fluorescent light
Examples
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Installing compact fluorescent light bulbs can significantly reduce your electricity bill over time.
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Ask your parents to switch to energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Academic text (2010) -
If people around here see me with a compact fluorescent light bulb, they look at me funny.
Blog text (16) -
Steve gave her an impatient tour of the facility under the compact fluorescent lights.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Despite their large energy savings, consumers should be careful when using compact fluorescent light bulbs," said Professor Rafailovich.
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Tips to reduce your carbon footprint frequently include buying compact fluorescent light bulbs, taking your own bag to the grocery store, or buying local produce.
Blog text (18) -
Instead, they gave away free energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs to residents who surrendered their old-fashioned incandescent bulbs in exchange.
Academic text (2011) -
Many people are switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs because they use less energy than traditional ones.
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The compact fluorescent light is designed to last longer and consume less electricity than a regular bulb.
Synonyms
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An energy-saving light bulb that uses a small fluorescent tube to make light
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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 Efficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
compact + fluorescent + light
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'compact' = small, 'fluorescent' = producing light by fluorescence, and 'light' = a lamp/bulb, so the phrase denotes a small fluorescent lamp. This adjective+noun composition follows ordinary English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the component words should understand it.
Etymology
Compact fluorescent light comes from making a long fluorescent tube small and compact by bending it so the lamp can 'replace' an ordinary bulb. Because of this shape, it uses less electricity and lasts longer, so the term now means a small, 'energy-efficient' light bulb.