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A sconce is a type of light fixture
Lighting

File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 033.jpgLighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. Lighting includes use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors from daylight....
 affixed to a wall in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the light is usually directed upwards. It does not have a base on the ground. The word applies both to traditional forms of torch
Torch

Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end....
 lighting, but also to modern gas
Gas lighting

Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce lighting from a gaseous fuel including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, or ethylene....
 and electric light
Electric light

Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. These lights are normally powered by the electric grid, but some run on local electrical generators, and emergency generators serve as backups in hospitals and other locations where a loss of power could...
 sources affixed in the same way.

The etymology of sconce
Sconce

Sconce may refer to any of the following:* Sconce , a military fortification* Sconce * Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink* }...
 is from the Latin absconsus, and the French esconce.






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Sconce
A sconce is a type of light fixture
Lighting

File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 033.jpgLighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. Lighting includes use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors from daylight....
 affixed to a wall in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the light is usually directed upwards. It does not have a base on the ground. The word applies both to traditional forms of torch
Torch

Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end....
 lighting, but also to modern gas
Gas lighting

Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce lighting from a gaseous fuel including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, or ethylene....
 and electric light
Electric light

Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. These lights are normally powered by the electric grid, but some run on local electrical generators, and emergency generators serve as backups in hospitals and other locations where a loss of power could...
 sources affixed in the same way.

The etymology of sconce
Sconce

Sconce may refer to any of the following:* Sconce , a military fortification* Sconce * Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink* }...
 is from the Latin absconsus, and the French esconce. It is a word of many meanings, mostly signifying a covering or protection, or, by extension, that which is covered or protected.

Modern electric light
Electric light

Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. These lights are normally powered by the electric grid, but some run on local electrical generators, and emergency generators serve as backups in hospitals and other locations where a loss of power could...
 fixture sconces are often used in hallways or corridors to provide both lighting and a point of interest in a long passage. Sconce height in a passageway is generally 3/4 of the distance up the wall as measured from the floor to the ceiling, and the distance between sconces on the wall is generally equal to the distance of the sconces from the floor, often alternating sides of the passageway. Sconce size should also be scaled to ceiling height.

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