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mercury-vapor lamp
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mer·cu·ry-va·por lamp (mûrky-r-vpr)
n.
A lamp in which ultraviolet and yellowish-green to blue visible light is produced by an electric discharge through mercury vapor.
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Noun1.mercury-vapor lamp - ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapormercury-vapor lamp - ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor
quartz lamp - a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
sun lamp, sun-ray lamp, sunlamp, sunray lamp - a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
ultraviolet lamp, ultraviolet source - any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation


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Collecting involves illuminating a sheet with mercury vapor lamps.
Without all of their work, though, Peter Cooper Hewitt wouldn''t have been able to produce the world''s first mercury vapor lamp in 1901.
 
 
 
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