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n. - Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam.

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  • My father built in about 6000 watts of photoflood lighting and 12 planes of glass about 24x36.
  • I find that the bidirectional lights work well, but without photoflood bulbs I get an unnatural blue tinge - that sends me back to Photoshop.
  • The thick cord of an antiquated electric bowl fire shared a power-point with the thinner cord of a photoflood lamp and reflector on a tall metal stand.
  • This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights from rhythmically...
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