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Meaning of fluorescent lamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light, especially one consisting of a tube filled with mercury vapour which emits ultraviolet radiation when an electric current is passed through it, causing fluorescence when the radiation hits a phosphor coating on the interior of the tube.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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