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flashlamp

flashlamp noun: a kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.

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Noun

flashlamp (plural flashlamps)

  1. A kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.

flashlamp meaning in Tamil

flashlamp in Tamil

ஒளியுமிழி

Forms of flashlamp

pluralflashlamps

Origin of flashlamp

From flash + lamp.

Questions about flashlamp

What does flashlamp mean?
Flashlamp means a kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.
What is flashlamp in Tamil?
Flashlamp in Tamil is ஒளியுமிழி. See Flashlamp meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flashlamp?
Flashlamp is a noun.
What is the plural of flashlamp?
The plural of flashlamp is flashlamps.

Words near flashlamp in the dictionary

  1. flashing up
  2. flashingly
  3. flashings
  4. flashjack
  5. flashjacks
  6. flashlamp
  7. flashlamps
  8. flashless
  9. flashlessly
  10. flashlessness
  11. flashlet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flashlamp (page history and authors); flashlamp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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