CCFL

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A form of cold-cathode fluorescent lamp — A type of gas discharge lamp that produces light by passing an electric current through mercury vapor inside a glass tube, causing the vapor to emit ultraviolet light, which is then converted to visible light by a phosphor coating on the tube wall.

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Meanings

nounCCFL (plural CCFLs)

plural CCFLs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of cold-cathode fluorescent lamp.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cold-cathode fluorescent lamp
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