Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cold-cathode fluorescent lamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: cold--cath-ode flu-o-res-cen-t lamp
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

8

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of gas discharge lamp that produces light by passing an electric current through mercury vapor inside a glass tube, causing the vapor to emit ultraviolet light, which is then converted to visible light by a phosphor coating on the tube wall.

Inflected Forms

cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (plural)

Synonyms

CCFL cold-cathode lamp cold-cathode light

Questions

What does cold-cathode fluorescent lamp mean?: A type of gas discharge lamp that produces light by passing an electric current through mercury vapor inside a glass tube, causing the vapor to emit ultraviolet light, which is then converted to visible light by a phosphor coating on the tube wall.

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