plasma lamp
plasma lamp noun: a kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
Noun
plasma lamp (plural plasma lamps)
- A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
- A type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency.
- The conversion of energy into light is more efficient in the high density plasma devices than in the low density plasma lamps.2001, Shalom Eliezer, Yaffa Eliezer, The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 97
Forms of plasma lamp
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Questions about plasma lamp
- What does plasma lamp mean?
- Plasma lamp means a kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
- What part of speech is plasma lamp?
- Plasma lamp is a noun.
- What is the plural of plasma lamp?
- The plural of plasma lamp is plasma lamps.
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