arc light

noun

Etymology

From arc + light.

  1. inherited from *lewktom
  2. inherited from *leuhtą
  3. inherited from *leuht
  4. inherited from lēoht
  5. inherited from light
  6. compounded as arc light — “arc + light

Definitions

  1. A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.

    • With one, last desperate lurch, the lorry cleared the tracks, disappearing out of the arclights, into the darkness; and then there was silence...
    • All five had seen the four wooden targets, thirty feet above their heads, holding the great submarine in place, stark against the glare of the arclight...
    • In 1809 Humphry Davy had made the first arclight by attaching a charcoal rod to each terminal of a Volta battery...

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA