noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synchronization of the flash and shutter of a camera. attributive, uncountable, usually
2. 2
   a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter wordnet

Etymology

From synchro- + flash.

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