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preflashes

preflashes is the plural of preflash.

Meaning of preflash

Noun

preflash (plural preflashes)

  1. A flash produced in advance of the main flash when taking a picture.
    • First, a preflash is fired to analyze exposure. Then the flash fires during the actual exposure, creating the image. During the preflash, the camera's Evaluative metering system measures the light reflected back from the subject.2005, Michael Guncheon, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/EOS 350D

Questions about preflashes

What is preflashes the plural of?
Preflashes is the plural of preflash.

Words near preflashes in the dictionary

  1. prefixtures
  2. prefixum
  3. preflame
  4. preflare
  5. preflash
  6. preflashes
  7. preflavored
  8. preflexion
  9. preflight
  10. preflighted
  11. preflighting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preflashes (page history and authors); preflash (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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