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fluorescent lamp

noun

Etymology

From fluorescent (adjective) + lamp (noun).

  1. derived from *leh₂p-✻
  2. derived from λαμπάς
  3. derived from lampas
  4. derived from lampe
  5. inherited from laumpe
  6. compounded as fluorescent lamp — “fluorescent + lamp”

Definitions

  1. A gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light, especially one…

    A gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light, especially one consisting of a tube filled with mercury vapour which emits ultraviolet radiation when an electric current is passed through it, causing fluorescence when the radiation hits a phosphor coating on the interior of the tube.

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