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noun Electronics.

a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.

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Origin of glow lamp

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby glow lamp

glow, glow discharge, glower, glowfly, glowing, glow lamp, glow plug, glowstick, glowworm, gloxinia, gloze

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How to use glow lamp in a sentence

The incandescent light, or the glow-lamp as it is called in England, is in general use for lighting dwelling houses.
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry
I shall speak only of the electric glow lamp, as I have had some experience in connection with this.
Autobiography of an Electron|Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson
You will understand I and the other marching electrons did not produce the waves of light sent out by the glow lamp.
Autobiography of an Electron|Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson
If into an ordinary carbon-filament glow lamp a Edison effect.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various

I must now go from this to the next branch, the glow-lamp, the lamp that is burning so steadily and so nicely above us.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for glow lamp

glow lamp

noun

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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