Gaseous Discharge Lamp
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A discharge lamp in which the discharge takes place in a gas. Examples are Xenon Lamp, Neon Lamp.
Note: The term Neon Tube is sometimes wrongly used to denote any such tubular discharge lamp.
Reference: C.I.E. (modified)
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)