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GASEOUS DISCHARGE LAMP [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
DEF

Discharge lamp in which the discharge takes place in a gas. (For example: xenon-, neon-, helium-, nitrogen-, carbon dioxide-lamp).

OBS

The term neon tube is sometimes wrongly used to denote any such tubular discharge lamp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
DEF

Lampe à décharge dans laquelle la décharge se produit dans un gaz. (Par exemple : lampe [ou tube] au xénon, au néon, à l'hélium, à l'azote, au gaz carbonique).

OBS

Le terme tube au néon est parfois utilisé par une généralisation abusive pour désigner diverses lampes à décharge.

Spanish

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