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mercury arc definition

mercury arc

an electric discharge passed through ionized mercury vapor, esp. in a mercury-vapor lamp or an electron tube

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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