Light Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...

is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision. Light or Lights may also refer to:

Illumination

Lighting Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight. ...

Light bulb Electric light is an artificial light source powered by electricity. Electric Light may also refer to: * Light fixture, a decorative enclosure for an electric light source * ''Electric Light'' (album), a 2018 album by James Bay * Electric Light ( ...

Traffic light Traffic lights, traffic signals, or stoplights – also known as robots in South Africa, Zambia, and Namibia – are signaling devices positioned at intersection (road), road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations in order t ...

Arts and entertainment

Music

Lights (musician) Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Lights (previously stylized in all caps), is a Canadian musician, singer, comic book author and artist, and songwrite ...

(born 1987), Canadian singer-songwriter *

Light Records Light Records is a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael, as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records. It is a subsidiary of the MNRK Music Group. History Light Records' first roster included Ralph Carmichae ...

, a record label

Albums

* ''Light'' (Matisyahu album) (2009) * ''Light'' (Xu Weizhou album) (2016) * ''Light'', by Jeff Deyo (2004) * ''Light'', by DakhaBrakha (2010) * ''Lights'' (Archive album) (2006) * ''Lights'' (Brigade album) (2006) * ''Lights'' (Ellie Goulding album) (2010)

EPs

* ''Lights'' (Lights EP) (2008) * ''Lights'', by Kitchen Party (2013) * Lights (Joohoney EP), 2023

Songs

* "Light" (KMFDM song) (1993) * "Light" (Music for Pleasure song) (1982) * "Light" (San Holo song) (2016) * "Light" (Annika Wickihalder song) (2024) * "Spotlight" (Xiao Zhan song), also known as "Light" (2020) * "Light", by Ateez from '' Treasure EP.2: Zero to One'' (2019) * "Light", by Big Sean featuring Jeremih from '' I Decided'' (2017) * "Light", by Camouflage from '' Relocated'' (2006) * "Light", by Depeche Mode from ''

Sounds of the Universe ''Sounds of the Universe'' is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the 2009–10 Tour of the Universe. Three singles were released from th ...

'' (2009, deluxe box set edition) * "Light", by Joe Morris from '' Singularity'' (2001) * "Light", by Odesza featuring Little Dragon from '' In Return'' (2014, deluxe edition) * "Light", from ''

Next to Normal ''Next to Normal'' is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her fam ...

'' (2008) * "Light (Pop's Principle)", by Laura Nyro from '' Nested'' (1978) * "Lights" (BTS song) (2019) * "Lights" (Ellie Goulding song) (2010) * "Lights" (Journey song) (1978) * "Lights (Love Sick)", by

Travis Scott Jacques Bermon Webster III (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. ''Bil ...

(2012) * "Lights", by Styx from ''

Cornerstone A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry Foundation (engineering), foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entir ...

'' (1979) * "Lights", by Editors from '' The Back Room'' (2005) * "Lights", by Inna from ''

Nirvana Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering ('' duḥkha'') and from the ...

'' (2017) * "Lights", by Interpol from ''

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol ( , ; stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime cont ...

'' (2010) * "Lights", by Scissor Sisters from '' Ta-Dah'' (2006)

Fictional characters

* Light (''Doctor Who''), a villain from ''Doctor Who'' * Doctor Light (disambiguation), several fictional characters * Light Yagami, a character from the anime and manga series ''Death Note'' * Light (''Twinbee''), a character from the ''Twinbee'' franchise

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Light'' (journal), a journal of light verse * ''Light'' (novel), a 2002 science fiction novel by M. John Harrison * "Light", an episode of ''Legend of the Seeker'', an American television series * "Light", an episode of the Adult Swim television series ''Off the Air'' * ''Light'', a 2019 play based on the lives of

William Light William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Surveyor General of South Australia, Surveyor-General of the History of South Australia#British preparation for est ...

and his father

Companies

* Light S.A., a Brazilian electricity distribution and retailing company * Light (company), a digital photography peripheral company

People

Light (surname) Light is a surname. Etymology Coming from Middle English, there are several possible meanings. In Middle English, lyght means a happy, cheerful person. The Old English leoht could be a person who is ‘bright’ or ‘cheerful’. The two form ...

* Zion Lights (born 1984), English Green activist

Places

* County of Light, a cadastral county in South Australia **

Electoral district of Light Light is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Light is named after Colonel William Light (1786 – 1839), who was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. The electorate was created in 1857, abolis ...

* Light Regional Council, a local government in South Australia * Light River (South Australia) * Light River (New Zealand) * Light, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the United States * Light, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States

Other uses

Divine light In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence perceived as light during a theophany or vision, or represented as such in allegory or metaphor. Light has always been associated wit ...

, in theology * Light (automobile), a car built in 1914 in Detroit * Lights (offal), the lungs of an animal used in cooking *

Light (web browser) Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a Free and open-source software, free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko (software), Gecko Browser engine, ...

, a lightweight web browser based on Firefox *

Light (window) A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent ma ...

, the area between the outer parts of a window (head, sill and jambs), the mullions and transoms * Skyway Light, a German paramotor design * Ventilated cigarettes or lights, a cigarette type with a low level of nicotine *

World of Light In Mandaeism, the World of Light or Lightworld () is the primeval, transcendental world from which Tibil and the World of Darkness emerged. Description *The Great Life ('' Hayyi Rabbi'' or Supreme God/ Monad) is the ruler of the World of Ligh ...

, transcendental realm in Mandaeism * LIGHT, the Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics at

Leeds School of Medicine The School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Leeds, in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The School of Medicine was founded in 1831. The School of Medicine now forms part of the University's Faculty of Medicine an ...