Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercury-vapour lamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cury--vapour lamp
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation

British usage

Example Sentences

"By night the carriage yard is illuminated by mercury vapour lamps on 50ft lattice steel towers remotely controlled from the diesel depot."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

mercury-vapour lamps (plural) mercury-vapor lamp (alternative)

Questions

What does mercury-vapour lamp mean?: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation

How to pronounce mercury-vapour lamp

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “mercury-vapour lamp”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “mercury-vapour lamp”.
Repeat and practice — Say “mercury-vapour lamp” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.