Usually means: Device for adjusting light brightness.
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  1. dimmer: Merriam-Webster
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  3. dimmer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Dimmer, dimmer: Wordnik
  7. dimmer, dimmer (switch): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dimmer: Wiktionary
  9. dimmer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dimmer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Dimmer, dimmer: Dictionary.com
  13. dimmer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Dimmer (band), Dimmer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  16. dimmer: FreeDictionary.org
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  19. dimmer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
noun:  A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")

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