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noun
A mercury vapor lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, and enclosed by an envelope made from quartz rather than glass, which transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mercury-vapor lamp
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