photoflashn.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)flaʃ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌflæʃ/ A flash of light produced to enable a photograph to be taken; a device for producing such a flash; a flashbulb, a flash lamp.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > technical factors > [noun] > flash
photoflash1926
synchroflash1940
bounce-flash1952
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > flash-gun or tube
photoflash1926
flash-gun1930
speed flash1940
speed gun1940
speed lamp1940
speed-light1940
flash1945
flash tube1945
electronic flash1946
ring flash1954
1926 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 20 Aug. 14/2 Magnesium in thin tape form..has been prepared for photo flash light purposes by a German chemist.
1930 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 21/2 Noiseless and smokeless photoflash lamp devised.
1946 L. E. O. Charlton Britain at War 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.
1975 N. Freeling What are Bugles blowing For? iv. 17 An expressionless face for the photo-flash.
1999 T. Etchells Endland Stories 139 The bloke thanked him loads, local press..showering him with photoflashes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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