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MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP

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• 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.

• MERCURY-VAPOR LAMP (noun)

Sense 1

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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 lamp; sun-ray lamp; sunlamp; sunray lamp (a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments)

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