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also arc light
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Recent Examples of arc lamp
The cozy living room is the perfect size for a sectional sofa, an accent chair or two, and a dramatic arc lamp to tie it all together.
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Miles Walls, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
Farnsworth’s system involved placing a simple image, such as a straight line, between a carbon arc lamp and an image dissector, which displayed a clear image on a receiver in another room.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
Camouflage It Though understated and neutral in color, this living room designed by Tamsin Johnson bursts with mod personality, from the arc lamp to the rattan furniture.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
Along the same side of the room in the opposite corner, Jude has placed a large arc lamp to complement the other curved lines in the space, including the arched entryway and the eyebrow windows.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 10 Nov. 2022
An arc light, or arc lamp, is a source of illumination created when electricity flows between two carbon electrodes.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 16 Apr. 2021
One reason is that the high-pressure xenon arc lamps used in movie projectors today lose a lot of brightness over time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2014
Miles Walls, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
Farnsworth’s system involved placing a simple image, such as a straight line, between a carbon arc lamp and an image dissector, which displayed a clear image on a receiver in another room.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
Camouflage It Though understated and neutral in color, this living room designed by Tamsin Johnson bursts with mod personality, from the arc lamp to the rattan furniture.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
Along the same side of the room in the opposite corner, Jude has placed a large arc lamp to complement the other curved lines in the space, including the arched entryway and the eyebrow windows.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 10 Nov. 2022
An arc light, or arc lamp, is a source of illumination created when electricity flows between two carbon electrodes.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 16 Apr. 2021
One reason is that the high-pressure xenon arc lamps used in movie projectors today lose a lot of brightness over time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arc lamp
Noun
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Get a light cover to soften any overhead lights, or swap out your usual light bulbs for some that produce a warmer glow.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Sep. 2025
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Philips Hue has used IFA 2025 to bombard smart home fans with new product lines, cheaper light bulbs, and upgrades to some of its aging products.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Household hazardous waste collection: Volusia County’s Solid Waste Division will collect materials such as old paint, solvents, automobile and household batteries, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, other household chemicals, and up to 10 fluorescent lamps.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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This fuzzy star is the Orion Nebula, a vast cloud of hydrogen gas lit up like a fluorescent lamp by young stars gravitationally born inside it.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Also, short detection parameters were not updated from the previous model's incandescent lamps.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Carve out a few hours to visit nearby Bellingham to tour the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, which displays one of only three remaining incandescent lamps created by Thomas Edison.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Let your lighting set the mood for any fall get-together with this easy craft idea.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Novotny designed lighting, Alina Bokovikova designed costumes and Aaron Rumley designed sound.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Place the candle securely in the holder inside the pumpkin before lighting it.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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As the sun started setting and the evening grew darker, mourners passed around candles, using one candle to light another, and the crowd began singing prayers.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The swim benefits the lighthouse’s ongoing preservation.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Just as a lighthouse’s beam testifies to the presence of otherwise-invisible cliffs on a dark night, the stars that move around these dark celestial bodies would reveal their existence.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sun was getting ready to rise over a rural lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, when a sheriff's deputy shined his flashlight inside Ryan Borgwardt's minivan parked just yards away from the water's edge.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Arc lamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arc%20lamp. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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