arc-lamp

A form of arc lamp — An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.

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Meanings

nounarc-lamp (plural arc-lamps)

plural arc-lamps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of arc lamp.

    I should like to go up into a very large, perfectly bare attic, lit by several twenty thousand candle-power arc-lamps, and there meditate.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
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APA

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MLA

“arc-lamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arc-lamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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