sodium-vapor lamp

sodium-vapor lamp
/soh"dee euhm vay'peuhr/, Elect.
an electric lamp in which sodium vapor is activated by current passing between two electrodes, producing a yellow, glareless light: used on streets and highways. Also called sodium lamp.
[1935-40]

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