(electricity) An arc lamp in which an electric current flows between two electrodes of pure carbon, with incandescence at one or both electrodes and some light from the luminescence of the arc.
carbon-arc lamp
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A high-intensity electric-discharge lamp employing an arc discharge between carbon electrodes.
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