glow lamp

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   a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode; used in stroboscopes

   Broadergas-discharge tube

Questions about glow lamp

What does glow lamp mean?

glow lamp means "a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode; used in stroboscopes".

Is glow lamp a common word?

glow lamp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.