calcium light

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noun

a brilliant white light produced by heating lime to incandescence in an oxyhydrogen or other hot flame; limelight.

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Also called oxycalcium light.

Origin of calcium light

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby calcium light

calcium cyanide, calcium fluoride, calcium gluconate, calcium hydroxide, calcium hypochlorite, calcium light, calcium metasilicate, calcium nitrate, calcium oxalate, calcium oxide, calcium permanganate

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How to use calcium light in a sentence

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.
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Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
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As Randy notes, “Maybe there is a value in shining a light on this and asking the questions.”
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
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Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
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British Dictionary definitions for calcium light

calcium light

noun

another name for limelight

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