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main-beam headlight
high-beam headlight
driving-beam headlight
headlight designed to illuminate for a considerable distance ahead of the vehicle carrying it
Note 1 to entry: The headlights as defined in "main-beam headlight" and "dipped-beam headlight" can be provided by a single lighting device.
Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 845-11-70 in IEC 60050-845:1987.
Note 3 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-527, 17-525, and 17-524 in CIE S 017:2011.