Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The energy required to maintain one electric lamp in normal operation for one hour: a practical unit sometimes employed in electric lighting.
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Examples
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At the end of that time the lamp-hours were to be added together by one of the clerks and figured on a basis of a definite amount per lamp-hour, and compared with the bill that would be rendered by the station for the corresponding period.
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a definite amount per lamp-hour, and compared with the bill that would be rendered by the station for the corresponding period.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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