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mercury-vapour lamp

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 水銀燈 /水银灯 (shuǐyíndēng) — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Finnish: elohopeahöyrylamppu — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Finnish: elohopealamppu — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • French: lampe à vapeur de mercure — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • German: Quecksilberdampflampe — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Hungarian: higanylámpa — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Hungarian: higanygőzlámpa — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Japanese: 水銀灯 (suigintō) — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Polish: lampa rtęciowa — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Polish: rtęciówka — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Portuguese: lâmpada de mercúrio — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Portuguese: lâmpada de vapor de mercúrio — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Russian: рту́тная газоразря́дная ла́мпа (rtútnaja gazorazrjádnaja lámpa) — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Spanish: lámpara de vapor de mercurio — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Thai: หลอดแสงจันทร์ (lɔ̀ɔt-sɛ̌ɛng-jan) — a gaseous discharge lamp
  • Thai: หลอดไฟไอปรอท (lɔ̀ɔt-fai-ai-bpà-rɔ̀ɔt) — a gaseous discharge lamp