mercury-vapour lamp

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation

UK

Equivalents

Españollámpara de vapor de mercurio

Françaislampe à vapeur de mercure

DeutschQuecksilberdampflampe

7 more languages

Suomielohopeahöyrylamppu elohopealamppu

Magyarhiganylámpa

日本語水銀灯

Polskilampa rtęciowa rtęciówka

Portuguêslâmpada de mercúrio lâmpada de vapor de mercúrio

Русскийрту́тная газоразря́дная ла́мпа

ไทยหลอดแสงจันทร์หลอดไฟไอปรอท

Examples

“By night the carriage yard is illuminated by mercury vapour lamps on 50ft lattice steel towers remotely controlled from the diesel depot.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

Mercury's staff mercury(I) iodide mercuryquake Mercutio mercy mercy chair

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