neon lamp

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noun

a gas-discharge bulb containing two electrodes in neon gas and emitting a glow when a voltage is applied across the electrodes.

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Origin of neon lamp

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby neon lamp

neonatal tetany, neonate, neonaticide, neonatology, neo-Nazi, neon lamp, neo-noir, neon tetra, neoorthodox, neoorthodoxy, neopaganism

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How to use neon lamp in a sentence

Her neon blue hair is teased high with a gray stripe emerging from the front.
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Another Dem who has been just a heart-beat (or a lamp bash) away from being president.
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“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
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But here they are, stage names spelled out in neon across the iconic marquee: MAPEI AND LYKKE LI.
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That he ends up not lighting a lamp but tangled in the cobwebs is one of the truths of this valuable book.
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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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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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Now he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand.
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Martini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.
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She sat in a distant corner of the formal room discreetly lit by a shaded lamp.
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British Dictionary definitions for neon lamp

neon lamp

neon light

noun

a glass bulb or tube containing neon at low pressure that gives a pink or red glow when a voltage is applied

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