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1.nounA case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
2.nounEspecially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
3.nounAn open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
4.nounA cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
5.nounA smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light."the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral"
6.nounA lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
7.noun(steam engines) 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.; a lantern brass.
8.nounA light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
9.nounA perforated barrel to form a core upon.
10.nounAristotle's lantern