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CARBON ARC LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbon arc lamp mean?
• CARBON ARC LAMP (noun)
The noun CARBON ARC LAMP has 1 sense:
1. has carbon electrodes
Familiarity information: CARBON ARC LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Has carbon electrodes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
carbon arc; carbon arc lamp
Hypernyms ("carbon arc lamp" is a kind of...):
arc lamp; arc light (a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbon arc lamp"):
klieg light (carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films)
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