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flyback

[ flahy-bak ]
/ ˈflaɪˌbæk /
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noun Electronics.
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.
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Origin of flyback

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

Words nearby flyback

fly, fly agaric, fly ash, fly at, flyaway, flyback, fly ball, flybelt, fly blind, fly block, flyblow
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Words related to flyback

bound, bump, carom, hop, jump, leap, rebound, ricochet, bob, boomerang, buck, hurdle, jounce, recoil, resile, thump, vault, glance off, snap back

British Dictionary definitions for flyback

flyback
/ (ˈflaɪˌbæk) /
noun
the fast return of the spot on a cathode-ray tube after completion of each trace
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