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fluorescent lamp

Summary

fluorescent lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,533 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • daylight is named after fluorescent lamp[2].
  • fluorescence is named after fluorescent lamp[3].
  • fluorescent lamp is a type of gas-filled tube[4].
  • fluorescent lamp is a type of gas-discharge lamp[5].
  • fluorescent lamp's Commons category is recorded as Fluorescent lamps[6].
  • fluorescent lamp's source of energy is recorded as electricity[7].
  • fluorescent lamp's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[8].
  • fluorescent lamp's permanent duplicated item is recorded as fluorescent lamp[9].
  • fluorescent lamp's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include gas-filled tube[4] and gas-discharge lamp[5].

Origins

Things named after include daylight[2], a natural resource[11] and fluorescence[3].

Why It Matters

fluorescent lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,533 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source of energy → electricity
    Named after → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → gas-filled tube, gas-discharge lamp
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20778, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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