- flashtube
- noun Date: 1945 a gas discharge tube that produces very brief intense flashes of light and is used especially in photography
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flashtube — /flash toohb , tyoohb /, n. Photog. See electronic flash. Also, flash tube. Also called flash. [1940 45; FLASH + TUBE] * * * electric discharge lamp giving a very bright, very brief burst of light, useful in photography and engineering. See … Universalium
flashtube — n. glass tube which produces bright flashes of light (part of a camera) … English contemporary dictionary
flashtube — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : an electric flash lamp in which light can be obtained repeatedly by passing pulses of electric current through a gas : strobe * * * /flash toohb , tyoohb /, n. Photog. See electronic flash. Also, flash tube. Also called flash.… … Useful english dictionary
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strobe — noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1942 1. stroboscope 2. a device that utilizes a flashtube for high speed illumination (as in photography) 3. flashtube … New Collegiate Dictionary
flash lamp — Photog. a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph. Also, flashlamp. Also called flash. [1885 90] * * * ▪ lighting any of several devices that produce brief, intense emissions of light useful in photography… … Universalium
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