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a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam
"In the lime light" is slang for being at center stage or in the center of attention.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 15y agoLimelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theaters and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydron flames directed at a cylinder of lime, which can be raised to 2572°C before melting. The light is produced by a combination of incandesence and candoluminescence. Although it has long since been replaced by electric lighting, the term has nonetheless survived, as someone in the public eye is still said to be "in the limelight".
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∙ 10y agoThis phrase means to be at the centre of attention. It comes from the 19th century, before electricity, when stages were lit by limelight, which was lime being burnt to produce an intense white light.
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