Arc light
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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..."
- 2 a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes wordnet
Example
More examples"With one, last desperate lurch, the lorry cleared the tracks, disappearing out of the arclights, into the darkness; and then there was silence..."
Etymology
From arc + light.