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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tubelight
Antonyms: none provided
lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material; mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lamp
From fluorescent (adjective) + lamp (noun).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
լյումինեսցենտային լամպ
(lyuminescʻentayin lamp)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Chinese Mandarin:
日光燈 /日光灯
(rìguāngdēng)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Chinese Mandarin:
熒光燈 /荧光灯
(yíngguāngdēng)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Czech:
zářivka
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Danish:
lysstofrør
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Dutch:
tl-buis
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Dutch:
spaarlamp
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Finnish:
loisteputki
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Finnish:
loisteputkilamppu
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Finnish:
loistelamppu
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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French:
tube fluorescent
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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German:
Leuchtstofflampe
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Hungarian:
fénycső
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Hungarian:
világítócső
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Indonesian:
lampu fluoresen
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Japanese:
蛍光灯
(keikōtō)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Korean:
형광등
(hyeonggwangdeung)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Malay:
lampu kalimantang
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Norwegian:
lysrør
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Norwegian:
lysstoffrør
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Polish:
świetlówka
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Portuguese:
lâmpada fluorescente
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Russian:
люминесце́нтная ла́мпа
(ljuminescéntnaja lámpa)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Russian:
ла́мпа дневно́го све́та
(lámpa dnevnóvo svéta)
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Swedish:
lysrör
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Swedish:
lysrörslampa
— gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
