Lantern (disambiguation)
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Lantern
A lantern is a portable lighting device or mounted light fixture used to illuminate broad areas. Lanterns may also be used for signaling, as 'torches', or as general light sources outdoors . Low light level varieties are used for decoration. The term "lantern" is also used more generically to...

is a portable lighting device used to illuminate broad areas.

Lantern may also refer to:
  • Lantern (album)
    Lantern (album)
    Lantern is an album by Clogs, released in 2006.-Track listing:#"Kapsburger" – 2:05#"Canon" – 4:15#"5/4" – 2:42#"2:3:5" – 5:14#"Death and the Maiden" – 6:22#"Lantern" – 5:47#"Tides of Washington Bridge" – 4:07#"The Song of the Cricket" – 4:44...

    , an album by the band Clogs
  • The Lantern
    The Lantern
    The Lantern is the name of the official, daily student-published university newspaper at The Ohio State University. It is one of the largest campus newspapers in the United States, reaching a circulation of 15,000....

    , a student-run newspaper at The Ohio State University
  • A circular or polygonal structure above a dome
    Dome
    A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory....

    , or other roof, with openings to admit light or air. Often crowned with a cupola
    Cupola
    In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....

    , or in the form of a "Lantern Tower".
  • A stage lighting instrument
    Stage lighting instrument
    Stage lighting instruments are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television studios and sound stages.Many stagecraft terms vary between the United States and the United...

     used in theatre and television
  • A large window
    Window
    A window is a transparent or translucent opening in a wall or door that allows the passage of light and, if not closed or sealed, air and sound. Windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material like float glass. Windows are held in place by frames, which...

     above a stage, used before stage lighting to illuminate the action
  • The structure enclosing the light and lens of a lighthouse
    Lighthouse
    A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

    .

See also

  • Cage gear, also called a lantern gear or lantern pinion. A type of gear with cylindrical rods for teeth
  • Chinese lantern
    Chinese lantern
    A Chinese lantern can refer to the following:*A collapsible paper lantern or sky lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.*The shrub Abutilon x hybridum...

    , a paper lantern
    Paper lantern
    Paper lanterns come in various shapes and sizes, as well as various methods of construction. In their simplest form, they are simply a paper bag with a candle placed inside, although more complicated lanterns consist of a collapsible bamboo or metal frame of hoops covered with tough paper.-In Asian...

     or sky lantern
    Sky lantern
    Sky lanterns, also known as Kongming Lantern are airborne paper lanterns traditionally found in some Asian cultures. They are constructed from oiled rice paper on a bamboo frame, and contain a small candle or fuel cell composed of a waxy flammable material. When lit, the flame heats the air inside...

  • Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    The Green Lantern is the shared primary alias of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 .Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and...

    , a fictional DC Comics superhero
  • Lanterns of the Dead
    Lanterns of the Dead
    Lanterns of the Dead is the architectural name for the small towers in stone found chiefly in the centre and west of France, pierced with small openings at the top, where a light was exhibited at night to indicate the position of a cemetery.These towers were usually circular, with a small entrance...

    , an architectural name for the small towers in stone found chiefly in the center and west of France
  • The Lanterns
    The Lanterns
    The Lanterns comprise three small and very steep islands, with a combined area of , in south-eastern Australia. They are part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula and are in the Tasman National Park.-Fauna:Recorded breeding...

    , small Tasmanian islands, Australia
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