Fluorescent Lamp

2-3-340

Alternative term: Fluorescent Tube

A discharge lamp in which most of the light is emitted by a layer of fluorescent material excited by the ultraviolet radiation from the discharge.

Note: The terms Tube Fluorescent in French, and, in German, Leuchtstoffsroehre and Fluoreszenzroehre are also used, particularly in the case of cold cathode fluorescent lamps.

Reference: C.I.E. (modified)

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

English

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