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Goal Light: A light behind the goal cage, next to the green light, that is turned on by the goal judge to indicate that a goal has been scored.

Lighten Up: Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets.

Lighter-Than-Air Craft (LTAC): Generally referring to powered blimps and dirigibles, but often also includes free balloons.

Lightfastness: No loss of color due to exposure to light, heat or weathering.

Lightbox: Box of fluorescent tubes balanced for white light and covered with translucent glass or plastic. Used for viewing, registering or correcting film negatives and positives.

Lightfast: A pigments resistance to fading on long exposure to sunlight. Watercolors are rated lightfast on a scale of I-IV. I and II ratings are the most permanent.

Light-Tight: Term denoting a material or piece of equipment that is impervious to light.

Light Waves: That part of the electromagnetic spectrum that contains visible light. The colors, from longest wave length to shortest, are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (ROY G. BIV).

Light Whiskey: American whiskey, lighter in taste and body than its conventional whiskey predecessors. It is distilled at a much higher proof (161 to 189) than traditional whiskeys and aged in reused barre . . . View Full Definition

Light-Emitting Diode (LED): Abbreviation of light emitting diode, an electronic device that lights up when electricity is passed through it. LEDs are usually red. They are good for displaying images because they can be . . . View Full Definition