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arc lamp

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. arc lamp (noun)
  2. enclosed arc lamp (noun)
  3. mercury-arc lamp (noun)
  4. open arc lamp (noun)

arc lamp

noun

Definition of ARC LAMP

: an electric lamp that produces light by an arc made when a current passes between two incandescent electrodes surrounded by gas —called also arc light
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First Known Use of ARC LAMP

1879

Rhymes with ARC LAMP

black damp, boot camp, break camp, C-clamp, death camp, decamp, encamp, firedamp, flashlamp, floor lamp, food stamp, glow lamp, headlamp, off-ramp, on-ramp, preamp, revamp, sunlamp, tax stamp, time-stamp, unclamp, work camp

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