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Arc light

noun

A lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes. Synonym: arc lamp.

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"Arc light" Quotes from Famous Books

... the electric arc-light is much less costly than acetylene lighting would be, but it is now in many places being superseded by high-pressure gas or oil incandescent lights, which are steady and generally more economical than the arc light. ...

— Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use • F. H. Leeds and W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

... this transformation is essentially a gigantic arc light in a chimney through which a current of hot air is blown. The more thoroughly the air comes under the action of the electric arc the more molecules of nitrogen and oxygen will be broken up and rearranged, but on the other hand if the mixture of gases remains ...

— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson

... the cruiser, whose own light kept playing upon the horizon as though searching for a convoy she awaited. But when the conning-tower shook with the thunder of our fore gun, the other reeled, and her arc light went out with a ...

— The Iron Pirate - A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea • Max Pemberton

Words linked to "Arc light" : electric lamp, arc lamp, carbon arc, carbon arc lamp