flash of discharge
1flash tube — noun A gas filled tube that produces a brilliant flash when current is passed through it, used for photographic illumination • • • Main Entry: ↑flash * * * flash tube, a glass discharge tube filled with an inert gas, used to produce very short… …
2discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …
3flash-over — flashˈ over noun 1. An electric discharge over the surface of an insulator (elec eng) 2. Instant combustion of material that has reached a high temperature (in a burning building, etc) as soon as oxygen reaches it • • • Main Entry: ↑flash …
4flash tube — n. a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light * * * …
5flash — index deflagrate, discharge (shot), flaunt, immediate (at once) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6flash tube — n. a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light …
7Flash (photography) — The furious wing action of a Hummingbird Hawk moth is frozen by flash. The flash has given the foreground more illumination than the background. See Inverse square law A flash is a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light… …
8Flash memory — Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRAM In development T RAM Z RAM TTRAM Historical Delay line memory Selectron tube Williams tube Non volatile …
9discharge — Synonyms and related words: AC arc, Poulsen arc, abide by, abrogate, absolution, absolve, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accordance, achieve, achievement, acknowledgment, acquit, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adhere to,… …
10flash in the pan — noun someone who enjoys transient success but then fails • Hypernyms: ↑failure, ↑loser, ↑nonstarter, ↑unsuccessful person * * * 1. : the firing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece 2 …
