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arc-lamp

arc-lamp is the alternative form of arc lamp.

Meaning of arc lamp

Noun

arc lamp (plural arc lamps)

  1. An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.
    • This led him to the station; and the square in front of it, vivid with arc-lamps, noisy with the yellow trams that seemed to cross it in all directions, made him laugh aloud with joy.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 40, in Of Human Bondage
    Synonyms:
    arclight

Forms of arc-lamp

pluralarc-lamps

Questions about arc-lamp

What is arc-lamp the alternative form of?
Arc-lamp is the alternative form of arc lamp.

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