quartz-iodine lamp
noun
: a light bulb consisting of a quartz bulb and a tungsten filament with the bulb containing iodine which reacts with the vaporized tungsten to prevent excessive blackening of the bulb
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1964, in the meaning defined above
- lobotomizes
- lobotomizing
- lobotomy
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- lobscouse
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- lobscuses
- lobsided
- lobster
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- lobster caterpillar
- lobster claw
- lobster claws
- lobster crab
- lobster moth
- lobster Newburg
- lobster newburgh
- lobster pot
- lobster red
- lobster roll
- lobster shift
- lobster ther
- lobster thermidor
- lobster trap
- lobster-tail