fluorescent lamp
fluorescent lamp
nounDefinition of FLUORESCENT LAMP
: a usually tubular electric lamp having a coating of fluorescent material on its inner surface and containing mercury vapor whose bombardment by electrons from the cathode provides ultraviolet light which causes the material to emit visible light
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1896
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