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flashtube

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flash⋅tube

[flash-toob, -tyoob]
–noun Photography.
electronic flash.
Also, flash tube.
Also called flash.


Origin:
1940–45; flash + tube

electronic flash

–noun Photography.
a flash lamp, usually attached to a camera or housed within the camera body, that produces brilliant flashes of light by the discharge of current through a gas-filled tube.
Also called flashtube.


Origin:
1945–50
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flash·tube also flash tube   (flāsh'tōōb')   
n.  A gas discharge tube used in an electronic flash to produce a brief, intense flash of light.
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