flash bulb

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flash⋅bulb

[flash-buhlb]

–noun Photography.

a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject.

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Also called flash.

Origin:
1930–35; flash + bulb

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flash·bulb or flash bulb (flāsh'bŭlb')

n. A glass bulb filled with finely shredded aluminum or magnesium foil that is ignited by electricity to produce a short-duration high-intensity light flash for taking photographs. Also called photoflash.

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