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compact fluorescent lamp

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).

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  • Armenian: կոմպակտ լյումինեսցենտային լամպ (kompakt lyuminescʻentayin lamp) — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節能燈 /节能灯 (jiénéngdēng) — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Chinese Mandarin: 省電燈泡 /省电灯泡 (shěngdiàn dēngpào) — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Danish: sparepære — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Danish: lavenergipære — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Esperanto: kompakta fluoreska lampo — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Finnish: pienloistelamppu — type of fluorescent lamp
  • French: lampe fluorescente — type of fluorescent lamp
  • French: lampe fluo-compacte — type of fluorescent lamp
  • German: Kompaktleuchtstofflampe — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Hungarian: kompakt fénycső — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Russian: компа́ктная люминесце́нтная ла́мпа (kompáktnaja ljuminescéntnaja lámpa) — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Swedish: lågenergilampa — type of fluorescent lamp
  • Swedish: lysrörslampa — type of fluorescent lamp