sunlamp
Americannoun
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a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
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a lamp used in motion-picture photography, having parabolic mirrors arranged to direct and concentrate the light.
Etymology
Origin of sunlamp
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Kennedy halted the FDA-backed proposal that would have restricted sunlamp products to users 18 and older and required warning acknowledgments about cancer risks.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
The extra green light, they say, could be used to reinforce the day-night cycle, which may be crucial for proper development—a sort of cocoon sunlamp for dreary jungle days.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2021
I suffer from SAD and spiral into fatigue and distress every winter unless I plant myself under a sunlamp and trick my brain into thinking we’re back in Florida.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019
As a sunlamp shines on a CD-sized plastic box, fine streams of hydrogen bubbles rise between blue strips of catalyst-coated silicon and exit through tubes in the box's top.
From Nature ● Jun. 3, 2014
Whole days of napping under a sunlamp had baked Miss Trixie to a golden brown.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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