English Online Dictionary. What means lighting? What does lighting mean?
English
Etymology
From light + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
- Hyphenation: light‧ing
Noun
lighting (countable and uncountable, plural lightings)
- The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
- Synonyms: illumination, light source, light
- The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
- (dated) The process of annealing metals.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lighting
- present participle and gerund of light
References
Further reading
- lighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia