Word: filaments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...light from a very hot filament is colored yellow or white. The light from a filament which is not very hot is colored...
...Both the color and the amount of light depend on the (temperature) of the emitting filament...
...higher the temperature of the filament the (brighter, stronger) the light emitted...
...flashlight battery is weak, the (filament) in the bulb may still glow, but with only a dull red color...
This process accomplishes a gradual and comprehensive replacement of the indistinct general terms by the technical ones. "Filament" replaces "fine wire"; "emit" takes the place of "glow" and "give off light", and then the word "emit" is inflected in different ways for greater familiarity with terms...