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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.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mercury-vapor lamp1
First recorded in 1900–05
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A person's face looks ghastly by the greenish light of a mercury-vapor lamp.
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At night a large mercury-vapor lamp in the center of the room, supplemented by a number of well-placed incandescent electric lights, gives ample illumination.
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In ordinary photographic printing tungsten lamps are widely used, but in blue-printing the white flame-arc and the mercury-vapor lamp are generally employed.
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A red postage stamp looks greenish gray in the green light of a mercury-vapor lamp.
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