arc-lightn.

Etymology: arc n. 5.

= arc-lamp n.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > arc light

arc-light1881

arc-lamp1882

1881 Cassell's Family Mag. Aug. 571/2 The arc lights, in which the electricity leaps across a gap of air from the point of one carbon rod to another.

1882 Electric Light 21/2 The wires for ‘arc lights’ to be insulated and protected in the same manner as the aforesaid main rods or wires.

1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 34 Switch on the arc-lights.

Derivatives

arc-lighting n.

ΚΠ

1880 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Dec. 951/2 Electric lighting by incandescence was just as simple as arc lighting was difficult.

1890 Electr. Engineer 7 Feb. 102/2 Prices of Arc Lighting.

1897 Daily News 29 Apr. 3/5 Repairs of the arc-lighting mains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	arc-light
释义	arc-lightn. Etymology: arc n. 5. = arc-lamp n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > arc light arc-light1881 arc-lamp1882 1881 Cassell's Family Mag. Aug. 571/2 The arc lights, in which the electricity leaps across a gap of air from the point of one carbon rod to another. 1882 Electric Light 21/2 The wires for ‘arc lights’ to be insulated and protected in the same manner as the aforesaid main rods or wires. 1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 34 Switch on the arc-lights. Derivatives arc-lighting n. ΚΠ 1880 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Dec. 951/2 Electric lighting by incandescence was just as simple as arc lighting was difficult. 1890 Electr. Engineer 7 Feb. 102/2 Prices of Arc Lighting. 1897 Daily News 29 Apr. 3/5 Repairs of the arc-lighting mains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1880
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