Lighter

<p>A lighter is a portable device which uses mechanical or electrical means to create a controlled <a href="/facts/Flame/UMNDVEe8">flame</a>, and can be used to ignite a variety of flammable items, such as <a href="/facts/Cigarettes/8kuVCjbr">cigarettes</a>,  <a href="/facts/Butane_gas/InIHpYlY">butane gas</a>, <a href="/facts/Fireworks/sPEQcu3h">fireworks</a>, <a href="/facts/Candles/3d0EwvR6">candles</a>, or <a href="/facts/Campfire/H40Dr7SP">campfires</a>. A lighter typically consists of a metal or <a href="/facts/Plastic_container/yhnSgLRb">plastic container</a> filled with a flammable liquid, a compressed flammable gas, or in rarer cases a flammable solid (e.g. rope in a trench lighter); a means of <a href="/facts/Combustion/ohQoWj8z">ignition</a> to produce the flame; and some provision for extinguishing the flame or else controlling it to such a degree that users may extinguish it with their breath.  Alternatively, a lighter can be one that uses electricity to create an <a href="/facts/Electric_arc/1hUPPAG0">electric arc</a> using the created <a href="/facts/Plasma_(physics)/1d3btMVU">plasma</a> as the source of ignition or a <a href="/facts/Heating_element/q0GLQufX">heating element</a> can be used in a similar vein to heat the target to its ignition temperatures, as first formally used by <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Schindler/b2PHgu88">Friedrich Wilhelm Schindler</a> to light cigars and now more commonly seen incorporated into the <a href="/facts/Automobile_auxiliary_power_outlet/pueL52SS">automobile auxiliary power outlet</a> to ignite the target material. Different lighter fuels have different characteristics, which is the main influence behind the creation and purchasing of a variety of lighter types.
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Lighter