| 单词 | carbon light |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarbon light carbon light n. (a) light emitted by a carbon arc or by excited carbon atoms; (b) a carbon-arc light; (also) a lamp with a carbon filament. ΚΠ 1850 Sci. Amer. 2 Feb. 158/3 The power of the galvanic current in giving the brilliant Electro Carbon light, has been frequently trumpeted before the world.] 1857 Farmer's Mag. 11 453 Little has been said..of this new plan of overcoming the difficulties which carbon light presented. 1863 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 18 335 The carbon light and the photometric apparatus prepared for the purpose were placed in line across the same apartment. 1915 F. I. Anderson Electr. for Farm i. 18 The advantage of tungsten lights is that they give three times as much light for the same expenditure of current as carbon lights. 1973 Nucl. Instruments & Methods 109 416/2 Because of the small amount of the carbon light, they [sc. neutrons] will likely remain undetected. 1997 Times (Nexis) 10 July (Features section) He remained in obscurity for ten years, until he was rescued by the carbon lights of the stage. < as lemmas |
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