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calcium light
noun
- a brilliant white light produced by heating lime to incandescence in an oxyhydrogen or other hot flame; limelight.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcium light1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
He has thrown a calcium light upon one spot, revealing some defects, and many eyes are for a time drawn towards it.
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The calcium light beamed upon the figure of the sleeping lady, while the rest of the stage was comparatively dark.
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If he would abuse the other side a little more, and stick in a little tinsel and calcium light he would be great.
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The Rodin case puts a by no means seldom-recurring phenomenon in the centre of the stage under a calcium light.
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Although the calcium light had vanished in the terrific upheaval, there was no mistaking the locality of the explosion.
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