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Look up: searchlight


  1. searchlight
    [n] - a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=searchlight

  2. Searchlight
    Search'light` noun (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/49

  3. searchlight
    noun a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=searchlight

  4. Searchlight
    • (n.) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. • (n.) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/searchlight/

  5. searchlight
    high-intensity electric light with a reflector shaped to concentrate the beam, used to illuminate or search for distant objects or as a beacon.[2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/53

  6. Searchlight
    [workshops] Searchlight was founded in 1933 by Matron Powell, successor to Dame Grace Kimmins, as a set of workshops and home to teach useful skills and formed under the auspices of the Chailey Heritage. It was founded because Matron Powell realised that once the boys were 15 they were throw...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(workshops)

  7. Searchlight
    [disambiguation] Searchlight is device to illuminate the sky while searching for aircraft. Searchlight may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(disambiguation)

  8. Searchlight
    [magazine] Searchlight is a British anti-fascist magazine, founded in 1975 by Gerry Gable, which publishes exposés about racism, antisemitism, and fascism in the UK. Searchlight`s main focus is on the British National Party (BNP), Combat 18, the English Defence League (EDL) and other sectio...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(magazine)



  1. Searchlight
    [short story] "Searchlight" is a very short science fiction story by Robert A. Heinlein about a little blind girl whose spaceship crashes on the Moon. The search for her takes advantage of her prodigious musical ability to locate her. It was originally written in 1962 as part of an advertise...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(short_story)

  2. Searchlight
    A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines a bright light source with some form of curved reflector or other optics to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction, usually constructed so that it can be swiveled about. ==Military use== Th...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight

  3. searchlight
    a high intensity projector having an aperture usually greater than 0.2 m and giving an approximately parallel beam of light
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=845-10-26

  4. searchlight
    searchlight, device, usually swiveled, using a lens and reflecting surface to direct a powerful beam of light of nearly parallel rays. In 1892 such apparatus was used along the English Channel in coastal defense and later, in the South African War, as an aid to infantry movement. It was also used to...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0844214.html

  5. Searchlight
    A searchlight is an instrument for directing a powerful beam of light. They are constructed from an electric lamp and a concave mirror arranged so as to give a cylindrical beam of light.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GS.HTM

  6. Searchlight
    [album] Searchlight is a 1989 album, the sixth by Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(album)

  7. Searchlight
    [Transformers] Searchlight is the name of two fictional character in the Transformers toy line, comics and cartoon series. ==Transformers: Generation 1== A creature of the night. Cruises the Earth with the curiosity of a cat. Nothing is too insignificant or irrelevant to escape his notice. Q...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_(Transformers)

  8. searchlight
    1) Light 2) Light source
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/searchlight/1

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