ultraviolet vapor lamp
21Gas-discharge lamp — See also: Gas filled tube Germicidal lamps are simple low pressure mercury vapor discharges in a fused quartz envelope. Gas discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electrical discharge through an …
22Compact fluorescent lamp — Low energy light bulb redirects here. For other low energy bulbs, see LED lamp. The tubular type compact fluorescent lamp is one of the most popular types in Europe …
23Metal-halide lamp — A metal halide gas discharge lighting system provides illumination for a college baseball game at Olsen Field in College Station, Texas, United States. Note the various colors of the lights as they warm up. Metal halide lamps, a member of the… …
24quartz lamp — noun a mercury vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container • Hypernyms: ↑mercury vapor lamp * * * noun : a mercury vapor lamp in a tube of quartz glass that transmits most of the ultraviolet radiation * * * a… …
25Metal halide lamp — Metal halide lamps, a member of the high intensity discharge (HID) family of lamps, produce high light output for their size, making them a compact, powerful, and efficient light source. Originally created in the late 1960 s for industrial use,… …
26Electrodeless lamp — In contrast with all other electrical lamps that use electrical connections through the lamp envelope to transfer power to the lamp, in electrodeless lamps the power needed to generate light is transferred from the outside of the lamp envelope by …
27sun lamp — noun a mercury vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments • Syn: ↑sunlamp, ↑sunray lamp, ↑sun ray lamp • Hypernyms: ↑mercury vapor lamp * * * noun 1. : sun arc …
28Kromayer lamp — Kro·may·er lamp krō mī ər .lamp n a small water cooled mercury vapor lamp used in ultraviolet therapy Kromayer Ernst L. F. (1862 1933) German dermatologist. Kromayer introduced his mercury vapor lamp around 1911. * * * Kro·may·er lamp (kroґmi… …
29low pressure mercury arc lamp — an ultraviolet radiation lamp having a low vapor pressure, low amperage, high voltage, and a glow discharge; more than 95 per cent of its emission is ultraviolet C in the mercury vapor resonance emission line at 254 nm. In the treatment of skin… …
30electric discharge lamp — or vapor lamp Lighting device consisting of a transparent container within which a gas is energized by an applied voltage and made to glow. After practical generators were devised in the 19th century, many experimenters applied electric power to… …
