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dimmer
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dimmer switch (= a switch that can change the brightness of a light ) EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A simple way of upgrading switching is to fit dimmer switches, which alter the light level. ▪ As the light grows dimmer , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, agent noun from dim (v.). Of mechanisms for reducing the brightness of electric lights, from 1905.
Usage examples of dimmer.
Into a dimmer space, huge, cool metal under foot, grey wall an indeterminate distance in front of us, bright lights overhead, distant sounds ringing faintly.
Moving quite slowly now the observer slipped within it and quickly adjusted for the dimmer light.
He pulled her behind him into the door, taking several steps into his dimmer office before turning about to regard her.
In the dimmer office he closed on the girl, spun her around and regarded her earnestly.
The heat of the element of pure fire that she had absorbed long ago during her trek through the Earth from her island homeland to this place on the other side of the world burned latent in her cheeks, much dimmer than it did in her eyes, where it could be seen most clearly when she was awake.
Anborn shouting his name, the sound growing dimmer until in reverberated into nothingness.
She was still aware of herself as having the semblance of a body, though it was dimmer now, and she still, as with the pain in her lungs or the words she heard or uttered, understood her spiritual knowledge in the sensations of the body.
The light behind me grows dimmer, dimmer, dimmer, and not yet comes the gleam of the light in front.
I just lie here and watch the world getting dimmer until I begin to be seeing things out of my past.
When she reached her bedroom, she pushed the dimmer switch, then turned it to diffuse the light.
She stepped into the sterile hallway, and the off-white walls and dimmer lighting surprised her.
The Hegemony had replaced the Utopians with FORCE:space bases and automated refueling stations, but the press of Outback-bound seedships and then spinships passing through the Old Neighborhood region during the Hegira had led to successful terraforming of these two dark worlds spinning between the dim Epsilon Eridani sun and the dimmer Epsilon Indi star.
He used the bright lights to make better time, but when they swung in through the gates, Rufe wisely called for the dimmers.
Roberts and Sweeny gained more confidence and support as the star of the Stephens faction grew dimmer.
Krispos followed him into the narthex, his eyes needed a moment to adjust to the dimmer light.