glow lamp

American  

noun

Electronics.

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

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glow lamp British  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of glow lamp

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

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glow lamp

His electrokey had a special circuit that lighted up a tiny glow lamp in the key handle if the lock had been tampered with.

From Unwise Child by Randall Garrett

The steward came again, peeping through his curtain, and said, “Plymouth, sir!” and turned on the glow lamp, for it was not yet dawn.

From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

I heard a click, and a little glow lamp came into being.

From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

I shall speak only of the electric glow lamp, as I have had some experience in connection with this.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

But there are myriads of electrons in the carbon of the glow lamp that never attain the requisite speed to produce those waves; they revolve around their atoms at too slow a rate.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

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