Hindi meaning of lantern
lantern /noun/ लालटेन; कण्डील; छत का रोशनदान; कंदील;Synonym taillight; cresset;
English Dictionary:
- Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind,
rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn,
perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or
candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street
light, or of a lighthouse light.
- An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
- A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
- A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
- A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- See Aristotle's lantern. - To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
- An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
- A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
- A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
- A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- See Aristotle's lantern. - To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
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