flyback

[ flahy-bak ]

noun

, Electronics.

1. the return to its starting point of the electron beam in a cathode ray tube, as after the completion of a line in a television picture or of a trace in an oscilloscope.

flyback

/ ˈflaɪˌbæk /

noun

1. the fast return of the spot on a cathode-ray tube after completion of each trace

Word History and Origins

Origin of flyback¹

First recorded in 1930–35; noun use of verb phrase fly back