holophote

English edit

Etymology edit

See holo- and photo-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhɒləfəʊt/

Noun edit

holophote (plural holophotes)

(archaic) A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction.

Derived terms edit

holophotal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “holophote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

photohole