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Definition of Electric socket
1. Noun. A socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Socket
Literary usage of Electric socket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1917)
"Male electric socket Caps.—Pipe couplings into which these caps are screwed, are
commercially made with a tolerance of one thread each side of the notch on ..."
2. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1916)
"15 Male electric socket Caps. Pipe couplings into which these caps are screwed
are commercially ... Dimensions in Inches 16 Female electric socket Caps. ..."
3. Bulletin by Public Ownership League of America (1922)
"One Socket Does Work of Two How many times you'd like to make one electric socket
do the work of two. Maybe you'd like to arrange two lamps where you have ..."
4. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1889)
"Electric Shadow.—(See Shadow, Electric.) Electric Shock.—{Sec Shock, Electric.)
electric socket for Lamp. —(See Socket, Electric Lamp.) Electric Soldering. ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"... fitting for side and tail lamps to take the electric socket. Method of connecting
wires to light a Ford car (from the Ford Inductor type of magneto). ..."
6. A Treatise on Electric Law: Comprising the Law Governing All Electric by Joseph Asbury Joyce, Howard Clifford Joyce (1907)
"... their respective systems connecting therewith and it is held that the installation
of a defective electric socket by plaintiffs intestate at his place ..."
7. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"There was a defective electric socket within the premises, through which the
current passed into the body of a person touching the ..."
8. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... In it you can percolate any amount of coffee, from two to eight cups, equally
well, simply by connecting the attaching plug to any electric socket. ..."
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