electric light noun2 •Artificial light using electricity as a source of illumination.As late as 1910, only 7 per cent of Londoners had electric light in their homes. — 2012 •A device producing such light: an electric lightbulb or the lamp or light fixture that uses it.The electric light system at Paddington is a very large one. There are 101 of these big lights of 2.000 candle power each, 4,000 of 25, and 23 of 100 candle power respectively, […]. — 1944 formselectric lights