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a sudden intense burst of radiant energy a momentary brightness a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen" a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition" blink of an eye: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" flaunt: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" ostentation: a gaudy outward display make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" flare: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate dart: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill" news bulletin: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to" protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof" a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone" brassy: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
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| flash point |
point at which something is ready to blow up the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air
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| flashback |
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
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| flash |
In photography, a flash is a device that produces an instantaneous flash of light (typically around 1/1000 of a second) to help illuminate a scene. While flashes can be used for a variety of reasons (e.g. capturing quickly moving subjects) they are mostly used to illuminate scenes that do not have enough available light to adequately expose the photograph. ...
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