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Xenon arc lamp — A xenon arc lamp is an artificial light source. Powered by electricity, it uses ionized xenon gas to produce a bright white light that closely mimics natural daylight.Xenon arc lamps can be roughly divided into three categories: * Continuous… … Wikipedia
xenon arc — an electric arc between two metal electrodes enclosed in a quartz bulb and contained in a xenon atmosphere, used mainly as a high intensity light source in motion picture projectors and studio spotlights. Cf. arc light. [1970 75] … Useful english dictionary
xenon arc lamp — a lamp that produces light of high intensity in a wide continuum of wavelengths; used with optical filters as the most common source of solar simulating radiation; clinical uses include tests of photosensitivity … Medical dictionary
Xenon — (PronEng|ˈzɛnɒn [Xenon, entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner, vol. 20, second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. ISBN 0 19 861232 X (vol. 20), ISBN 0 19 861186 2 (set.)] or IPAlink en|ˈziːnɒn… … Wikipedia
Xenon (disambiguation) — Xenon is a chemical element.Xenon may also refer to:* Xenon (general), a Seleucid general * Xenon (video game) * Xenon (processor), the Xbox 360 CPU * Xenon, an alien race in the X Computer Game Series * Xenon (program), a Dutch web spider… … Wikipedia
Xenon lamp — may refer to: * Xenon arc lamp * Xenon flash lamp … Wikipedia
Xenon flash lamp — A xenon flash lamp is an electric glow discharge lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full spectrum white light for very short durations. Construction The lamp comprises a sealed tube, often made of fused quartz, which is… … Wikipedia
arc light — noun a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes • Syn: ↑arc lamp • Hypernyms: ↑electric lamp • Hyponyms: ↑carbon arc lamp, ↑carbon arc * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
arc light — 1. Also, arc lamp. 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. 2. the light produced by such a lamp. Cf.… … Universalium
Arc lamp — The electric arc in an arc lamp consists of gas which is initially ionized by a voltage and is therefore electrically conductive. To start an arc lamp, usually a very high voltage is needed to ignite or strike the arc. This requires an electrical … Wikipedia
