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fluorescent lamps

fluorescent lamps is the plural of fluorescent lamp.

Meaning of fluorescent lamp

Noun

fluorescent lamp (plural fluorescent lamps)

  1. A gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light, especially one consisting of a tube filled with mercury vapour which emits ultraviolet radiation when an electric current is passed through it, causing fluorescence when the radiation hits a phosphor coating on the interior of the tube.
    Synonyms:
    tubelight

Questions about fluorescent lamps

What is fluorescent lamps the plural of?
Fluorescent lamps is the plural of fluorescent lamp.

Words near fluorescent lamps in the dictionary

  1. fluorescence microscopy
  2. fluorescence spectroscopy
  3. fluorescences
  4. fluorescent
  5. fluorescent lamp
  6. fluorescent lamps
  7. fluorescent tube
  8. fluorescent tubes
  9. fluorescently
  10. fluorescents
  11. fluorescer

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