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- LIMELIGHT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LIMELIGHT is a stage lighting instrument producing illumination by means of an oxyhydrogen flame directed on a cylinder of lime and usually equipped with a lens to concentrate the light in a beam
- Where did the phrase “in the limelight” come from? - HISTORY
In the early 1820s, English inventor Goldsworthy Gurney, improving on the work of earlier scientists, developed a blowpipe that burned hydrogen and oxygen to create an extremely hot flame When
- THE LIMELIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Sometimes the object of the panic is quite novel and at other times it is something which has been in existence long enough, but suddenly appears in the limelight
- LIMELIGHT - Definition Translations | Collins English Dictionary
Definitions of 'limelight' If someone is in the limelight, a lot of attention is being paid to them, because they are famous or because they have done something very unusual or exciting
- Limelight - definition of limelight by The Free Dictionary
lime•light (ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt) n 1 a position at the center of public attention, observation, or notoriety: an artist in the limelight 2 a (formerly) a spotlight unit for the stage, using a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and a special lens to concentrate the light in a strong beam b the light so produced
- Limelight Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
Limelight definition: A focus of public attention
- What does Limelight mean? - Definitions. net
Limelight refers to the center of public attention, interest, or visibility The term originated from a type of stage lighting used in theaters, which utilized a light source created by heating a piece of lime to high temperature, hence spotlighting or highlighting a performer
- limelight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From lime + light limelight (countable and uncountable, plural limelights) The intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime
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