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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
fluorescent lamp
typically a lamp made by exciting a low pressure discharge in mercury vapor and other gases; mercury, when excited in the discharge, predominantly emits 257 nm radiation (ultraviolet) which is absorbed by a phosphor on the inside wall of the lamp tube; the phosphor fluoresces, emitting a white light spectrum in the visible.