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arc lamps

arc lamps is the plural 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

Questions about arc lamps

What is arc lamps the plural of?
Arc lamps is the plural of arc lamp.

Words near arc lamps in the dictionary

  1. arc fault
  2. arc faults
  3. arc flash
  4. arc flashes
  5. arc lamp
  6. arc lamps
  7. arc length
  8. arc lengths
  9. arc light
  10. arc lights
  11. arc minute

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