Standard fluorescent

Standard fluorescent
  A light bulb made of a glass tube coated on the inside with fluorescent material, which produces light by passing electricity through mercury vapor causing the fluorescent coating to glow or fluoresce.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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