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flash lamp

American

Or flashlamp

noun

Photography.

a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.

Etymology

Origin of flash lamp

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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A conductor appears with a flash lamp and lights their way.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022

The Flashcube’s grandmother, the flash lamp, carried an even greater risk of violence.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021

Invented in 1960, lasers use an external "pump," such as a flash lamp, to excite electrons within the atoms of a lasing material—usually a gas, crystal, or semiconductor.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 24, 2018

Construct a problem in which you calculate the size of the capacitor that stores energy for the flash lamp.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

A narrow beam of light shot ahead as Tom pressed the spring of his pocket flash lamp.

From The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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