arc light

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arc light

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noun arc lights · arclight

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...

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@misc{arc_light_2026,
  title = {arc light},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arc%20light},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}