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QUARTZ LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quartz lamp mean?
• QUARTZ LAMP (noun)
The noun QUARTZ LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
Familiarity information: QUARTZ LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quartz lamp" is a kind of...):
mercury-vapor lamp (ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor)
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