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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