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Edison screw en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:electrics; lighting; electrics; lighting) A standard screw thread allowing a light bulb to be screwed into its socket.
  2. (qualifier:by restriction) The most common size of Edison screw

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Deriveds

E10 · E26 · E · MES · ES · small Edison screw · E12 · E27 · little Edison screw · medium Edison screw · SES · large Edison screw · E14 · LES · miniature Edison screw · ES

Hyponyms

large Edison screw · E14 · medium Edison screw · ES · MES · miniature Edison screw · small Edison screw · E26 · LES · SES · E27 · E12 · E10 · little Edison screw

Synonyms

ES (screw thread standard of many sizes) · E (screw thread standard of many sizes) · ES (most common screw thread size) · E26 (most common screw thread size) · E27 (most common screw thread size)