- Theater.
- (formerly) 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.
- the light so produced.
- a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
- the center of public attention, interest, observation, or notoriety: He seems fond of the limelight.
- a position of public attention or notice (esp in the phrase in the limelight)
- a type of lamp, formerly used in stage lighting, in which light is produced by heating lime to white heat
- brilliant white light produced in this way
