glow lamp

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glow lamp

(Electronics) a small light consisting of two or more electrodes in an inert gas, such as neon, at low pressure, across which an electrical discharge occurs when the voltage applied to the electrodes exceeds the ionization potential

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glow lamp - a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode; used in stroboscopes

gas-discharge tube - a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas

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