sunlamp

American  

[suhn-lamp] / ˈsʌnˌlæmp /

noun

1. a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.

2. a lamp used in motion-picture photography, having parabolic mirrors arranged to direct and concentrate the light.

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Etymology

Origin of sunlamp

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The extra green light, they say, could be used to reinforce the day-night cycle, which may be crucial for proper development—a sort of cocoon sunlamp for dreary jungle days.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2021

I suffer from SAD and spiral into fatigue and distress every winter unless I plant myself under a sunlamp and trick my brain into thinking we’re back in Florida.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2019

As a sunlamp shines on a CD-sized plastic box, fine streams of hydrogen bubbles rise between blue strips of catalyst-coated silicon and exit through tubes in the box's top.

From Nature • Jun. 3, 2014

The agency reclassified so-called sunlamp products, which include tanning beds and booths, from low-risk items like adhesive bandages to moderate-risk ones.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

Between the ringing doorbell and the booms, she had managed time for the beauty parlor and the sunlamp.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin