NEON LAMP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube

Synonyms:

neon induction lamp; neon lamp; neon tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("neon lamp" is a kind of...):

lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)

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