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noun
A standard screw thread allowing a light bulb to be screwed into its socket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: electrics; lighting; electrics; lighting
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noun
The most common size of Edison screw
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: by restriction
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History
Edison + screw. From being a screw thread coming from Edison. Named after American inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison, whose invention factory created the first standard electric light bulb system.
