arc lamp

arc lamp

English

Alternative forms

• arc-lamp

Noun

arc lamp (plural arc lamps)

1. An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.
   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

     He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.

   Synonym: arclight

Translations

an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light

Danish: buelampe c, kulbuelampe c Dutch: booglamp (nl) f Finnish: kaarilamppu (fi) Irish: arclampa m Japanese: アーク灯 (ja) (アークとう, āku tō) Manx: arc-lostan m Swedish: båglampa

Further reading

• arc lamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia