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Summary

fluorescent lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,358 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Named after: daylight[2], fluorescence[3]
  • Subclass of: gas-filled tube[4], gas-discharge lamp[5]
  • Commons category: Fluorescent lamps[6]
  • Source of energy: electricity[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[8]
  • Permanent duplicated item: fluorescent lamp[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

fluorescent lamp has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 20778, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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