1. Data Ports:
These handy ports are usually located in the base of your desk lamp and give you the option to connect and disconnect your computer or laptop with ease. Most desk lamps with data ports are as sleek and modern as the technology they contain.
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2. Dead Flame:A lantern design whereby the airflow to the flame is strictly controlled, reducing the draft, and thereby reducing or eliminating flickering.
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3. Deflector:-The domed part of the burner which encloses the wick tube and wick. Directs air flow to the wick and helps control combustion, thus producing a stable flame.
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4. Dent:A larger depression in the metal greater than ½" in length.
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5. Dimmer Switch:
Change the intensity of your desk lamp at your leisure. Some switches let you fine tune the brightness on your lamp, while others have 2 or more preset light settings that you can change by turning or pulling on the light switch.
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6. Ding
A small depression in the metal not more than ½" long.
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7. Dip
The removable lighter from a cigar lighter lamp. Generally have a decorative "handle" or finial and a twisted wire end shaped like a cotton swab that is soaked in kerosene until lighted.
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8. Double-Jack Chain:
A type of chain commonly used on hanging lamps that is characterized by s-shaped links folded tightly back over themselves for added strength. Often used in ceiling extension mechanisms and hall lamps.
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9. Down Light:
Most good desk lamps direct the light downward, usually with a conical shade or, in the case of banker and piano lamps, a long cylindrical shade. This directs the light to fall on your desk and not dissipate all over your office.
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10. Drip Cup:-On a Student lamp, the cup on the bottom of the burner tube that functions both as an air intake for the center draft burner, and as a catch basin for any drips of oil from within the draft tube.
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11. Drop-leaf:
A drop leaf table has a stable center section and hinged side panels that can be raised to enlarge the table surface, or lowered to reduce the surface.
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12. Duplex:-A burner design which employs two flat wicks, side-by-side, to increase light output. Usually each wick is adjustable with its own thumb wheel.
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