アーク灯

アーク灯

Japanese

アーク灯 (āku tō): a xenon arc lamp bulb.

Kanji in this term
灯
とう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

アーク +‎ 灯, calque of English arc lamp.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アークとー [àákú tóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ːkɯ̟ᵝ to̞ː]

Noun

アーク灯 (hiragana and katakana アークとう, rōmaji āku tō)

1. an arc lamp, a lamp that creates light by means of an electrical discharge arc

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9