flash lamp
noun
a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.
flashlamp
-
a variation of
flash lamp.
Example Sentences
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Instead of the usual powder flashlights, the cameramen used the new electric flashlamp that leaves no smoke, makes no bang.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a few moments the signal was passed on to the Tompion by means of a flashlamp, the rays of which were invisible save from the direction of the receiver.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Ernest Prater
I'd lost my flashlamp and had no more idea where I was heading than an owl at noon of a sunny day.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
A little flashlamp next shone in his face.
From The Kangaroo Marines by R. W. Campbell
Lanyard, scrutinising the deck with the flashlamp, stooped, picked up something, and offered it on an outspread palm upon which he trained the clear electric beam.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
