Both Uses of
fluorescent light
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- In each room the soul-sucking fluorescent light coated everything in a film of sickness, and the day droned on until the final bell released me at last.†
p. 213.2 *
- I turned away from them and looked up at the bright fluorescent light above my bed, feeling the hot tears on my face, and finally my mom said, "I can't lose you, too."†
p. 220.9
Definition:
a type of lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, producing short-wave ultraviolet light