type of strong arc lamp formerly used in the movie industry (invented by John and Anton Kliegl); any powerful spotlight used in television or movie studios
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Klieg light Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
klieg light
n : carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films
Noun
1. carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films
(hypernym) carbon arc lamp, carbon arc
Klieg light Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A Klieg light is an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking. It is named after inventor John H. Kliegl and his brother Anton Tiberius Kliegl. Modern Klieg lights use a tungsten-halogen filament. They usually have a fresnel lens with a spherical reflector or an ellipsoidal reflector with a lens train containing two Plano Convex lens or a single step lens.
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