fluorescent lamp

collocation in English

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fluorescent
adjective
uk
/flɔːˈres.ənt/us
/flɔːˈres.ənt/
Fluorescent lights are very bright, tube-shaped electric lights, often used ...
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lamp
noun[C]
uk
/læmp/us
/læmp/
a device for giving light, especially one that has a covering or is contained ...
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(Definition offluorescentandlampfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Overall,fluorescentlamptype appears to have no effect on school attendance.
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Overall, the evidence does not show dramatic effects offluorescentlamptype on behaviour or health, neither does it support the evolutionary hypothesis.
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The variability in illuminance and spectral qualities of daylight over the course of the day and with weather conditions is considerably greater than any difference betweenfluorescentlamptypes.
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Light was provided by a whitefluorescentlamp(85 mol/m2 per s).
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Most detached larvae were crawling on the gauze lid or on the ring but a few were on the skin and afluorescentlampwas used to see them.
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I was given a preview of its revolutionary new minifluorescentlamp, which will reduce the electricty costs for the average householder.
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Fluorescentlampballasts are one example of devices that are designed to minimize coil noise.
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Shabbat lamps are lit by and only accept a compactfluorescentlamp.
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A 23 watt compactfluorescentlampemits about 1,5001,600 lm.
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Bimetal strips are also used in time-delay relays, lamp flashers, andfluorescentlampstarters.
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Connected directly to a constant-voltage power supply, afluorescentlampwould rapidly self-destruct due to the uncontrolled current flow.
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Afluorescentlampconverts electrical energy into useful light much more efficiently than incandescent lamps.
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Fluorescentlampluminaires have efficiencies of 70% - meaning that 25% and 30% respectively of the light produced by the lamp is wasted.
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An everyday example of rapid plasma recombination occurs when afluorescentlampis switched off.
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For a given quantity of light, an incandescent light bulb produces more heat (and thus consumes more power) than afluorescentlamp.
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The high output frequency of an electronic ballast refreshes the phosphors in afluorescentlampso rapidly that there is no perceptible flicker.
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Low pressure lamps resemble the commonfluorescentlampused in offices everywhere (see image at top of page).
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In order to produce ultraviolet light, electrons flow through thefluorescentlampand collide with mercury atoms.
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