mercury-vapour lamps

A form of mercury-vapour lamp — 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

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noun
  1. pluralplural of mercury-vapour lamp
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