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Meanings of calcium light in English

Portuguese
luminária drummond
Catalan
llum de calç
Spanish
limelight
Wikidata

A lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting.

luminária drummond
Synonyms
Examples for "limelight"
Examples for "limelight"
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However, there is still plenty of new cars battling for the limelight.
The Irish Times
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This week, however, Melania Trump is poised to step into the limelight.
The Irish Times
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The most interesting art always takes shape far away from the limelight.
The Irish Times
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Picture:AP media_camera Robbie owns the limelight on her stunning Academy Awards debut.
News.com.au
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But when all is said and done, the engine took the limelight.
Independent.ie
Usage of calcium light in English
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Far better bring them near and turn on the calcium light.
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Dau...
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The pitiless sunshine seemed to single him out and stream upon him like a calcium light.
The Stillwater Tragedy
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If they could only have a calcium light!
The Peterkin papers
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The calcium light ceased to sputter.
The Silent Bullet
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It was like a mammoth, well-cut cameo, or a gigantic magic lantern effect, with the sun as a calcium light.
A Young Girl's Wooing
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They were much more interesting to Brown, however, than anything he had ever seen in the set and artificial radiance of the calcium light.
The Brown Study
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His stories are full of adventure and dramatic situations, and his melodrama is of the lurid kind on which the calcium light is thrown.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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At that instant, like bitter fate, shot up a rocket, or a star-flare of calcium light, bursting to expose all underneath in pitiless radiance.
The Desert of Wheat
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Pennsylvania Avenue was brilliant with electric and calcium lights and myriads of paper lanterns.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
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It was a dark night, but astern the crew of the lifeboat could observe the calcium lights burning.
From Lower Deck to Pulpit
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"Give me some more calcium light," he called to the guide.
The Four-Pools Mystery
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Calcium lights added to the brilliancy of the scene, and many private houses and stores were illuminated with gas or candles.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
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"If he would abuse the other side a little more, and stick in a little tinsel and calcium light he would be great."
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
Translations for calcium light
Spanish
limelight