Meanings
nounplasma lamp (plural plasma lamps)
plural plasma lamps
- A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
- A type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency.
The conversion of energy into light is more efficient in the high density plasma devices than in the low density plasma lamps.
2001, Shalom Eliezer, Yaffa Eliezer, The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 97
Translations
French lampe à plasma
- lampe à plasmaa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
German Plasmalampe
- Plasmalampea clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
Hungarian plazmalámpa
- plazmalámpaa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
Polish lampa plazmowa
- lampa plazmowaa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
Portuguese lâmpada de plasma
- lâmpada de plasmaa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
Romanian lampă cu plasmă
- lampă cu plasmăa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
Spanish lámpara de plasma
- lámpara de plasmaa clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure
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