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flybacks

flybacks is the plural of flyback.

Meaning of flyback

Noun

flyback (countable and uncountable, plural flybacks)

  1. The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
  2. A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.

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Questions about flybacks

What is flybacks the plural of?
Flybacks is the plural of flyback.

Words near flybacks in the dictionary

  1. flyaway glasses
  2. flyaway grass
  3. flyaway spectacles
  4. flyaways
  5. flyback
  6. flybacks
  7. flyball
  8. flyballs
  9. flybane
  10. flybanes
  11. flybar

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