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mercury-vapor lamp

[mur-kyuh-ree-vey-per]

noun Electricity.

a lamp producing a light with a high actinic and ultraviolet content by means of an electric arc in mercury vapor.

Origin of mercury-vapor lamp

First recorded in 1900–05

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