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Noun: quartz lamp  k(w)orts lamp
  1. A mercury-vapour lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container
    "The laboratory used a quartz lamp for its ultraviolet light experiments"

Derived forms: quartz lamps

Type of: mercury-vapor lamp [US], mercury-vapour lamp [Brit, Cdn]