plasma lamp

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A plasma lamp (1)

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plasma lamp (plural plasma lamps)

  1. 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.
    Hyponym: plasma globe
  2. A type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency.
    • 2001, Shalom Eliezer, Yaffa Eliezer, The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 97:
      The conversion of energy into light is more efficient in the high density plasma devices than in the low density plasma lamps.

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