neon tube

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neon tube - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  neon tube
      n 1: a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing
           neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the
           action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a
           few turns around the tube [syn: neon lamp, neon induction lamp
           , neon tube]