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fluorescent tube

Syllabification: (fluo·res·cent tube)
(also fluorescent bulb or fluorescent lamp)
Definition of fluorescent tube

noun

  • a glass tube that radiates light when phosphor on its inside surface is made to fluoresce by ultraviolet radiation from mercury vapor.

fluorescent tube in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fluorescent tube in the British & World English dictionary