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Searchlight

A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction. It is usually constructed so that it can be swiveled about. The most common element used in modern…

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Military use

Non-military use

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Searchlight

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples74
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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Searchlight

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related to Military use · 16
Searchlight → Alexandria, British, By, Egyptian, Franco-Prussian War, French, Later, One, Other, Paris, Russo-Japanese War, Searchlights, Siege, The, The Royal Navy, They
related to Non-military use · 14
Searchlight → Century Studios, Fox, It, Las Vegas, Light, Lower Manhattan, Luxor Hotel, September, The, Their, Today, Tribute, Twin Towers, World Trade Center
related to External links · 13
Searchlight → AAA Searchlight Battalion, Archived, Giant Lights Paint The, July Popular Mechanics, Magic, Searchlights, Sky To Work New, Sperry, US, War Dept, War II Searchlights Used, Wayback Machine Information, Wayback MachineHow Were World
related to Second World War · 13
Searchlight → April, Battle, Controlled, German, Germans, However, One, Red Army, Searchlights, Second World War, Seelow Heights, Soviet, The Soviets
related to First World War · 7
Searchlight → First World War, German, Searchlights, Second World War, The, UK, Zeppelins
see also · 4
Searchlight → Defence LightTurbinliteLeigh, LightMilitary, Mangin, World War II

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searchlights used light use war world night turbinlite nighttime german beam first second also forces one attacks aircraft would carbon

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
lanthanuminstance ofrare-earth elements0.80text
torpedo boatsinstance ofclose-in targets0.80text
and for engaging enemy units in nighttime gun battlesinstance ofclose-in targets0.80text
the Hawker Hurricaneinstance ofwhich would then be shot down by accompanying RAF day fighters0.80text
the Vickers Wellington were assigned to patrol for surfaced German U-boats at nightinstance ofRAF aircraft0.80text
when they would be on the surfaceinstance ofRAF aircraft0.80text
charging their batteriesinstance ofRAF aircraft0.80text
Searchlightrelated to External linksSperry0.60section
Searchlightrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Searchlightrelated to External linksWayback MachineHow Were World0.60section
Searchlightrelated to External linksWar II Searchlights Used0.60section
Searchlightrelated to External linksWayback Machine Information0.60section

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