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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An electric light produced by the voltaic arc; the electric current passing between a pair of carbon-points slightly separated. See
electric and voltaic arc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Elec.) The light of an arc lamp. See arc lamp under
lamp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes
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