metal-halide lamp

plural metal-halide lamps

1. alternativeAlternative form of metal halide lamp.

   The L.E.D.s will give off less heat, will last much longer, and probably will be more energy efficient than the current metal-halide lamps.

   2007 April 20, Glenn Collins, “Empire State Building Seeks Best of the Brightest”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2011

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   Rated at about 60 lumens per watt, the molecular arc lamp is about four times as bright as the popular 100-watt household light bulb at 17.5 lumens per watt, but lower than Multi-Vapor (R) metal-halide lamps at about 90 lumens per watt and Lucalox (R) lamps at 117 lumens per watt.

   1970 October 13, “New Type Arc Lamp Gives High Intensity”, in Anchorage Daily Times, volume 56, number 243, Anchorage, Alas., →OCLC, page 11, column 4

   As for the LED street lights—Toronto currently mostly uses high-pressure sodium lamps or metal-halide lamps to light up the night—councillors were left in the dark.

   2023 August 15, Matt Elliott, “Toronto Hydro due for a jolt from Chow”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A7, column 3