English Explanatory Dictionary

Nernst lamp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of incandescent lamp using a ceramic rod, used as a source of infrared radiation.

Word forms

Nernst lamp Nernst lamps

Etymology

Developed by the German physicist and chemist Walther Nernst in 1897 at Goettingen University.

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