Noun: sodium-vapour lamp
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sodium-vapor lamp)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sodium-vapor lamp)
- Lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapour makes a yellow light; used in street lighting
"The sodium-vapour lamps gave the street an eerie orange glow";
- sodium-vapor lamp [US]
Derived forms: sodium-vapour lamps
Type of: lamp
Encyclopedia: Sodium-vapour lamp