# lighting

Pronunciation: say "LY-ting" /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The equipment used to provide illumination, or the illumination that the equipment provides.
   - Simple: The lamps and bulbs in a place, or the light they give.
   - _The theater's lighting shifted from warm amber to cool blue as the scene changed._
   - _The lighting design for the concert took months to plan._
2. The act of switching on lamps or other illumination equipment, or of igniting a flame.
   - Simple: The act of turning on lights or of starting a flame.
   - _The ceremony opened with the lighting of the memorial torch._
   - _Automatic sensors now handle the lighting of the stadium's floodlamps each evening._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of light. — present participle and gerund of light
   - Simple: Present participle of light. Use this form after 'is' or 'was', or as the name of the action.
   - _The crew was lighting the stage for the evening performance._
   - _Lighting the furnace each morning was the apprentice's first duty._

## Noun

4. The process of annealing metals, in which metal is heated and then cooled slowly to soften it and make it easier to work. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A way of heating metal and then cooling it slowly to make it softer.
   - _The old manual called for thorough lighting of the brass before it was drawn into wire._
   - _Repeated lighting kept the metal workable through several stages of hammering._

## Origin

Formed from "light" combined with the suffix "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lighting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).