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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 electrodesplay

  Familiarity information: CARBON ARC LAMP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARBON ARC LAMP (noun)


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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