sunlamp

sunlamp
/sun"lamp'/, n.
1. a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
2. a lamp used in motion-picture photography, having parabolic mirrors arranged to direct and concentrate the light.
[1925-30]

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       electric discharge lamp (q.v.) that emits radiation of wavelengths present in sunlight, particularly the short wavelengths of the ultraviolet region.

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