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MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercury-vapor lamp mean?
• MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP (noun)
The noun MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP has 1 sense:
1. ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor
Familiarity information: MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mercury-vapor lamp" is a kind of...):
ultraviolet lamp; ultraviolet source (any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mercury-vapor lamp"):
quartz lamp (a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container)
sun-ray lamp; sun lamp; sunlamp; sunray lamp (a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments)
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