An arclight or

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is a lamp that produces a bright light by generating an electric arc across two electrodes. Arclight, Arc Light or arc light may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters

Arclight (comics) Arclight (Philippa Sontag) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr., she is a former military officer who later becomes an assassin. She is prim ...

, a mutant super-villain character from Marvel Comics *

Arclight (DC Comics) This is a list of supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman. Several of Superman's opponents (most notably Darkseid and Brainiac) are or have been foes of the Justice League as well. Unlike most ...

, a super-villain character from DC Comics *

Arclight family The following is a list of characters for the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' and its sequel, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II''. When applicable, names from English-language anime are on the left, while the original Japanese names (as feat ...

, characters from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' * Jackson Dane (codename Arclight), a member of the

Team 7 Team 7 is a comic book superhero team that appeared in titles published by Wildstorm Productions. The team has appeared in 3 self-titled miniseries: ''Team 7'', ''Team 7: Objective Hell'' and ''Team 7: Dead Reckoning''. The first 5-issue Gen13 ...

superheroes from Wildstorm Comics

Music

* ''Arc Light'' (album), a 2009 album by Lau * ''Arclight'' (album), a 2016 album by Julian Lage * ''Arclight'', the third album by Swedish rock band

Silverbullit Silverbullit is a Swedish rock band based in Gothenburg. History Formed in 1995 under the name "Silverbullet", which was changed after a conflict over the rights for the name. They are known under the name Citizen Bird in the US, and toured under ...

* "Arclight", a song by VNV Nation, from the album ''

Empires An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred t ...

'' * "Arclight", a song by Deathstars, from the album ''

Night Electric Night ''Night Electric Night'' is the third album by Swedish metal band Deathstars. It was released on 30 January 2009 by Nuclear Blast. The album was initially recorded under the working title ''Deathglam''. The album's first single, "Death Dies Hard ...

'' * "Arclight", a song by Exhumed from the album ''

Anatomy Is Destiny ''Anatomy Is Destiny'' is the third full-length album by American death metal band Exhumed. The album is regarded as Exhumed's "most critically acclaimed" album. The title of the album is taken from a well-known quote by Sigmund Freud Sigmu ...

'', 2003 * "Arclight", a song by

The Fat Lady Sings The Fat Lady Sings were a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, fronted by singer and songwriter Nick Kelly. Almost immediately after forming in March 1986, they relocated to London, and remained there for the rest of their career. Despite this, th ...

Theaters

ArcLight Cinemas ArcLight Cinemas was an American movie theater chain that operated from 2002 to 2021. It was owned by The Decurion Corporation, which was also the parent company of Pacific Theatres. The ArcLight chain opened in 2002 as a single theater, the ArcL ...

, a former American theatre chain based in Los Angeles

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Arc Light'' (novel), a 1994 techno-thriller novel by Eric Harry * ''Arc Light'' (film), 1988 Chinese film * ''Arclight'' (novel), a novel series by Josin L. McQuein

Military

* ArcLight (missile), a development program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a replacement for the Tomahawk missile *

Operation Arc Light During Operation Arc Light (sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States Air Force deployed B-52 Stratofortresses from bases in the U.S. Territory of Guam to provide battlefield air interdiction during the Vietnam War. This included ...

, the 1965 deployment of B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Guam

Other uses

* ArcLight (biology), a genetically-encoded voltage indicator * Arclight Fabrication, an Aaron Kaufman owned business {{Disambiguation