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arc light
noun
a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes
• Syn: ↑arc lamp
• Hypernyms: ↑electric lamp
• Hyponyms: ↑carbon arc lamp, ↑carbon arc

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noun
: arc lamp; also : the light from an arc lamp

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1. Also, arc lamp. a lamp in which the light source is a high-intensity electric arc either between carbon rods in air or between metal electrodes in a xenon gas atmosphere enclosed in a quartz bulb.
2. the light produced by such a lamp. Cf. carbon arc, xenon arc.
[1875-80, Amer.]

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arc light UK US noun [countable] [singular arc light plural arc lights]
a light that is produced when electricity flows between two separated points
Thesaurus: electricity and electrical powerhyponym

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arc light,
1. the brilliant light given by an arc lamp.
2. = arc lamp. (Cf. ↑arc lamp)

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(also arc lamp) n. a light source using an electric arc

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ˈarc lamp f15 [arc lamp arc lamps] (also ˈarc light) noun
a lamp that gives very bright light that is produced by an electric ↑arc

Useful english dictionary. 2012.