electronic flash

noun Photography.

a flash lamp, usually attached to a camera or housed within the camera body, that produces brilliant flashes of light by the discharge of current through a gas-filled tube.

Nearby words

electronic data processing, electronic editing, electronic engineering, electronic fetal monitor, electronic file cabinet, electronic flash, electronic flight information systems, electronic footprint, electronic funds transfer, electronic funds transfer at point of sale, electronic game

Origin of electronic flash

First recorded in 1945–50

Also called flashtube.

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British Dictionary definitions for electronic flash

electronic flash

noun

photog an electronic device for producing a very bright flash of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas-filled tube

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