"arc lamp" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:",
          "text": "He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.",
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        "An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light."
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          "electric",
          "electric"
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          "arc",
          "arc"
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        {
          "word": "arclight"
        },
        {
          "word": "arc-lamp"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "buelampe"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "kulbuelampe"
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          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "booglamp"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
          "word": "kaarilamppu"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "arclampa"
        },
        {
          "alt": "アークとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "āku tō",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
          "word": "アーク灯"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arc-lostan"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
          "word": "båglampa"
        }
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  "word": "arc lamp"
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    {
      "word": "arc-lamp"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "buelampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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        "common-gender"
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      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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      "word": "booglamp"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
      "word": "kaarilamppu"
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      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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      "word": "arclampa"
    },
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      "roman": "āku tō",
      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
      "word": "アーク灯"
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      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
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      "word": "arc-lostan"
    },
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      "sense": "an electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light",
      "word": "båglampa"
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  "word": "arc lamp"
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