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Meanings of pilot lamp in English

Indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation.

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Examples for "pilot light"
Examples for "pilot light"
1
A furnace pilot light may have ignited the butane vapors, he said.
Reuters
2
Somehow I'd always expected it would be square-likea big pilot light!'
Non-Stop
3
Last week the pilot light for my water heater went out.
Wired
4
Realising the gas was not lit, I pressed the red pilot light button.
The Guardian
5
She was a woman in whom even the pilot light had gone out.
Gratitude
1
Although the power switch was in the on-position, the indicator lamp didn't light.
Phantoms
2
The red indicator lamp glowed at the bottom of the picture.
Ancient shores
3
Indicator lamps blinked on to signal that his wheels were down.
Ancient shores
4
Then he realized that he was looking at the indicator lamps on a Ship Situation Board, but it was impossible to focus on them.
2001. A Space Odyssey