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NEON LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neon lamp mean?
• NEON LAMP (noun)
The noun NEON LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube
Familiarity information: NEON LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
neon induction lamp; neon lamp; neon tube
Hypernyms ("neon lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
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