electric-discharge lamp

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noun

another name for fluorescent lamp

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Words nearby electric-discharge lamp

electric circuit, electric constant, electric current, electric dipole moment, electric discharge, electric-discharge lamp, electric displacement, electric eel, electric eye, electric field, electric field intensity

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He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
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The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
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Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
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Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.
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The effect of his drumming before the Café de la Loge was electric.
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