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photoflash|ˈfəʊtəʊflæʃ|
Also with hyphen.
[f. photo- 2 + flash n.2]
A flash of light produced to enable a photograph to be taken; a device for producing such a flash. Freq. attrib.
1930N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 21/2 Noiseless and smokeless photoflash lamp devised. 1946L. E. O. Charlton R.A.F. & U.S.A.A.F. July 1943 to Sept. 1944 vii. 156 (caption) This night photograph shows huge volumes of smoke pouring from targets bombed at Duesseldorf which have been illuminated by a photo flash bomb. 1946R.A.F. Jrnl. May 170 (caption) A Lancaster Master-Bomber on a night raid dropping a photo-flash. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest i. 58 The question is one of straightforward thermodynamics, which I had myself used several years before in calculating..the forces that cause bursting of photoflash bulbs. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin vii. 46 Photo-flashes sliced instants from eternity. 1972Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iv. iii. 15 Photoflash lamp, lamp giving..a single high light output for a very brief period, for lighting objects to be photographed. 1975N. Freeling What are Bugles blowing For? iv. 17 An expressionless face for the photo-flash. |