1. lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting; [syn: sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sodium-vapour lamp
n 1: lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of
sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting
[syn: sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp]