Microflash

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flash of extremely short duration.

    "A microflash unit typically has two tubes with a variable delay unit to provide two timed flashes. Optical coupling of the flash tubes gives an equivalent spatial position to avoid parallax of shadows."

Example

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"A microflash unit typically has two tubes with a variable delay unit to provide two timed flashes. Optical coupling of the flash tubes gives an equivalent spatial position to avoid parallax of shadows."

Etymology

From micro- + flash.

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