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名詞

arc lamp (plural arc lamps)

1. An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.

   Synonym: arclight

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 40:

     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.

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

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

Further reading

• arc lamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia