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SODIUM-VAPOR LAMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting
Synonyms:
sodium-vapor lamp; sodium-vapour lamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sodium-vapor lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)