- a lamp in which the light source is a high-intensity electric arc either between carbon rods in air or between metal electrodes in a xenon gas atmosphere enclosed in a quartz bulb.
- the light produced by such a lamp.
- a light source in which an arc between two electrodes, usually carbon, produces intense white illumination
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