mercury discharge lamp
1Mercury-vapor lamp — Mercury Lamp redirects here. For the character in the Rozen Maiden anime and manga, see Characters of Rozen Maiden. A 175 watt mercury vapor yard light approximately 15 seconds after starting …
2mercury-vapor lamp — ☆ mercury vapor lamp [mʉr′kyoo rēvā′pər, mʉr′kə rēvā′pər ] n. a discharge lamp containing mercury vapor …
3mercury vapour lamp — mercury vapour light or mercury vapour lamp noun A bright greenish blue light, high in ultraviolet rays, produced by an electric discharge through mercury vapour • • • Main Entry: ↑mercury …
4mercury-vapor lamp — noun ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor • Hypernyms: ↑ultraviolet lamp, ↑ultraviolet source • Hyponyms: ↑quartz lamp, ↑sunlamp, ↑sun lamp, ↑sunray… …
5mercury-vapour lamp — noun a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation …
6Mercury vapor lamp — A high intensity discharge lamp that uses mercury as the primary light producing element. Includes clear, phosphor coated, and self ballasted lamps. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
7mercury-vapor lamp — noun Date: 1904 an electric lamp in which the discharge takes place through mercury vapor called also mercury lamp …
8mercury-vapor lamp — mer·cu·ry va·por lamp .vā pər n an electric lamp in which the discharge takes place through mercury vapor and which has been used therapeutically as a source of ultraviolet radiation …
9Gas-discharge lamp — See also: Gas filled tube Germicidal lamps are simple low pressure mercury vapor discharges in a fused quartz envelope. Gas discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electrical discharge through an …
10electric discharge lamp — or vapor lamp Lighting device consisting of a transparent container within which a gas is energized by an applied voltage and made to glow. After practical generators were devised in the 19th century, many experimenters applied electric power to… …
