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limelight
(encz) | limelight,reflektor n: Zdeněk Brož |
limelight
(encz) | limelight,záře reflektorů Pavel Machek |
limelight
(gcide) | lime light \lime" light`\, limelight \lime"light`\
An intense light produced by heating lime. See {Calcium
light} under Calcium.
[1913 Webster] |
limelight
(gcide) | limelight \lime"light`\, n. (Theat.)
That part of the stage upon which the limelight is cast,
usually where the most important action is progressing or
where the leading player or players are placed and upon which
the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated.
Hence, a conspicuous position before the public; the center
of public attention; -- used mostly in the phrase in the
limelight; as, politicians who are never happy except in the
limelight.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
limelight
(wn) | limelight
n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight,
spotlight, glare, public eye]
2: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime
with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage
lighting [syn: limelight, calcium light] |
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