neon lamp

neon lamp

noun
a gas-discharge bulb containing two electrodes in neon gas and emitting a glow when a voltage is applied across the electrodes.

Origin:
1910–15
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
neon lamp or neon light
 
n
a glass bulb or tube containing neon at low pressure that gives a pink or red glow when a voltage is applied
 
neon light or neon light
 
n

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