Meaning

1 senses

  1. A small gas discharge lamp containing neon gas, sometimes with other noble gases to add colour.

    a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The small red neon lamp went out.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: neon lamps
Singularneon lamp
Pluralneon lamps

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube:neon induction lampneon tube

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