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放電灯 (ほうでんとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

放ほう電でん灯とう

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Meanings

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noun

discharge lamp

Technical term for a lamp that produces light by an electric discharge through a gas or vapor.

蛍けい光こう灯とうは放ほう電でん灯とうの一いっ種しゅです。
Fluorescent lamps are a type of discharge lamp.

Kanji

放set free, release, fire
電electricity
灯lamp, a light, light

Similar words

蛍けい光こう灯とう
蛍光灯 is a specific type of discharge lamp (fluorescent lamp), while 放電灯 is the broader category.

Etymology

Compound of 放電 (discharge) and 灯 (lamp).