Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sodium vapor lamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: sodi-um -va-por lamp
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A street lamp in which electricity is passed through sodium vapour to emit a yellow light.

Inflected Forms

sodium vapor lamps (plural) sodium vapour lamp (alternative)

Synonyms

sodium lamp

Questions

What does sodium vapor lamp mean?: A street lamp in which electricity is passed through sodium vapour to emit a yellow light.

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