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flashbulb

or flash bulb

[ flash-buhlb ]
/ ˈflæʃˌbʌlb /
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noun Photography.
a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject.
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Also called flash.

Origin of flashbulb

First recorded in 1930–35; flash + bulb
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British Dictionary definitions for flashbulb

flashbulb
/ (ˈflæʃˌbʌlb) /

noun
photog a small expendable glass light bulb formerly used to produce a bright flash of lightAlso called: photoflash Compare electronic flash
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