flashlamp

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.

Similar words

flash gun flash powder flash flashlight flashball flipflash fluorescent lamp photoflood floodlamp flare

Often followed by

pumped pumping is and pulse pulsed or with radiation

Word family

flashlamps