Wood's lamp

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Wood's lamp

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Named after its inventor, American physicist Robert Williams Wood.

noun Wood's lamps

A black light.
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@misc{wood_s_lamp_2026,
  title = {Wood's lamp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wood's%20lamp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}