flash lamp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flash lamp
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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In 1960, Theodore Maiman demonstrated the first working laser using a synthetic ruby rod and a photographer’s flash lamp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
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
"I presume he wants to use the flash lamp to give a signal at night to some German submarine," said Blake quietly—very quietly, under the circumstances, it might seem.
From The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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