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Headlamp
A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead. Headlamps are also often called headlights, but in the most precise usage, headlamp is the term for the device itself and headlight is the term for the beam of light produced and distributed by the device.
Headlamp performance has steadily improved throughout the automobile age, spurred by the great disparity between daytime and nighttime traffic fatalities: the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that nearly half of all traffic-related fatalities occur in the dark, despite only 25% of traffic travelling during darkness.Other vehicles, such as trains and aircraft, are required to have headlamps. Bicycle headlamps are often used on bicycles, and are required in some jurisdictions. They can be powered by a battery or a small generator mechanically integrated into the workings of the bicycles.
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Headlamp (noun)
An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
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Headlamp (noun)
A flashlight worn on the head.
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Headlight (noun)
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
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Headlight (noun)
A woman’s breast.
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Headlight (noun)
A woman’s erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
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Headlight (noun)
A jewel; especially a diamond.
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Headlight (noun)
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).