mercury-vapor lamp
[ mur-kyuh-ree-vey-per ]
/ ˈmɜr kyə riˌveɪ pər /
noun Electricity.
a lamp producing a light with a high actinic and ultraviolet content by means of an electric arc in mercury vapor.
QUIZZES
DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of mercury-vapor lamp
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby mercury-vapor lamp
mercury fulminate, mercury mass, mercury poisoning, Mercury program, mercury switch, mercury-vapor lamp, mercury-vapour lamp, mercy, mercy flight, mercy killing, mercy seat
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021