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n. A device emitting ultraviolet radiation used to produce a cosmetic suntan.
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A sunbed (British English), tanning bed (American English) or sun tanning bed is a device that emits ultraviolet radiation (typically 95% UVA and 5% UVB, +/-3%) to produce a cosmetic tan. Regular tanning beds use several fluorescent lamps that have phosphor blends designed to emit UV in a spectrum that is somewhat similar to the sun. Smaller, home tanning beds usually have 12 to 28 100 watt lamps while systems found in tanning salons can consist of 24 to 60 lamps, each of 100 to 200 watts.
There are also "high pressure" tanning beds that generate primarily UVA with some UVB by using highly specialized quartz lamps, reflector systems and filters. These are much more expensive, thus less commonly used. A tanning booth is similar to a tanning bed, but the person stands while tanning and the typical power output of booths is higher.
Because of the adverse effects on human health of overexposure to UV radiation, including skin cancer, cataracts, and premature skin aging, the World Health Organization does not recommend the use of UV tanning devices for cosmetic reasons. Studies have shown that tanning bed usage is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer, including melanoma. Misusing a sunbed by not wearing goggles may also lead to a condition known as arc eye (snow blindness). Occasional acute injuries occur where users carelessly fall asleep, as in the case of Marty Cordova.
Usage examples of "tanning bed".
Before we hit the road again, just give me ten minutes in a Wolff tanning bed.
Attached to the ceiling by sheer brute strength, positioned so that they shone directly down into the space in front of the mirror, were a double bank of lights cannibalized from a tanning bed.
Now that you mention it, my late employer Snaga Ohme had just recently purchased a new tanning bed.
Then Ohme put the Loti in this 'tanning bed' that was, in reality, a device designed to blow up the micromachines.
There were no white strips, and she would be damned if there was any indication that he used a tanning bed.
And I have regular bowel movements, and I have free use of the Y's tanning bed.
His body was tanned a soft gold from the summer or maybe a tanning bed.
One of the 18-wheeler trucks that carried Love Ministry's tents and other equipment also contained a gym, complete with a portable hot tub and tanning bed.
He was about Jack's age, tall, blond, clean-shaven, with a golden-bronze complexion that could have been gotten locally at that time of year only from a tanning bed.
From the looks of things, I would guess she spent a lot of time in a tanning bed.
Vain to a fault, he always had a deep tan, no doubt from the tanning bed it was rumored he slept in at night.
A subtle bronze veneer to his complexion said outdoor sports or the tanning bed.