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arc light

noun

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.

the light produced by such a lamp.

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Compare carbon arc, xenon arc.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism

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arc light

—n
	Also called: arc lamp a light source in which an arc between two electrodes, usually carbon, produces intense white illumination

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