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light created by electrical breakdown of gas
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arc lamp

Summary

arc lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • arc lamp is a type of electric light[2].
  • arc lamp's Commons category is recorded as Arc lamps[3].
  • arc lamp's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1802[4].
  • arc lamp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arc lamps[5].
  • arc lamp's Commons gallery is recorded as Arc lamp[6].
  • arc lamp's depicted by is recorded as Street Light[7].

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Definition and Type

arc lamp is a type of electric light[2].

Why It Matters

arc lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicted by → Street Light
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → electric light
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536058205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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