calcium light


noun
  1. a brilliant white light produced by heating lime to incandescence in an oxyhydrogen or other hot flame; limelight.

Origin of calcium light

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use calcium light in a sentence

  • He has thrown a calcium light upon one spot, revealing some defects, and many eyes are for a time drawn towards it.

    The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender Brackett
  • The calcium light beamed upon the figure of the sleeping lady, while the rest of the stage was comparatively dark.

    Magic | Ellis Stanyon
  • If he would abuse the other side a little more, and stick in a little tinsel and calcium light he would be great.

  • The Rodin case puts a by no means seldom-recurring phenomenon in the centre of the stage under a calcium light.

    The Merry-Go-Round | Carl Van Vechten
  • Although the calcium light had vanished in the terrific upheaval, there was no mistaking the locality of the explosion.

    A Sub and a Submarine | Percy F. Westerman

British Dictionary definitions for calcium light

calcium light

noun
  1. another name for limelight

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