The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Xenon arc lamps bombard materials with photons, collapsing years of light exposure into hours.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 2, 2021
So when Priya and me turned our heads, we looked down at the smoky twilit water fuming and roiling phosphorescent white under electric arc lamps, like it was picked out in radium paint.
From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2018
The early arc lamps were highly unsatisfactory and were replaced in 1880 by 45 of Joseph's Swan's newly invented incandescent bulbs – not cheap at 25/- each.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2013
Doctors advised patients to sunbathe, and children living at higher latitudes spent three hours per week soaking up rays in carbon or mercury arc lamps.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2012
Through my tented fingers, the white flare of arc lamps dulled into a sullen crimson glow.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
