Meaning of arc lamp | Babel Free

Definitions

An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.

Equivalents

Examples

“This led him to the station; and the square in front of it, vivid with arc-lamps, noisy with the yellow trams that seemed to cross it in all directions, made him laugh aloud with joy.”

“The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.”

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