Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mercury-vapor_lamp

1 sense of mercury-vapor lamp

Sense 1
mercury-vapor lamp -- (ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor)
       => ultraviolet lamp, ultraviolet source -- (any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation)