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Definition: FLASHING LIGHT |
FLASHING LIGHT1. A kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight. |
Crosswords: FLASHING LIGHT |
| English words defined with "FLASHING LIGHT": strobe, strobe light, stroboscope. (references) |
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 | Operator using Dorsey Fathometer with flashing light method Merchant Marine Bulletin No. 9, May 1931. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Leo Otis Colbert with Dorsey Fathometer No. 3 The first effective shallow and deep water echosounder Operator watched flashing light On the ship OCEANOGRAPHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was bewildered by these eyes full of flashing light and fathomless abysses |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "FLASHING LIGHT": colored flashing light ♦ coloured flashing light ♦ fixed and flashing light ♦ occulting quick flashing light ♦ quick flashing light. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FLASHING LIGHT": long-flashing light. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flashing light | 95 |
magnetic flashing light | 31 |
body flashing light magnetic | 11 |
blue flashing light | 5 |
blinky flashing light | 4 |
air bag flashing light | 3 |
blinking flashing light | 3 |
flashing light vision | 2 |
flashing light od | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLASHING LIGHT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | fast fyr med blink (fixed and flashing light), hurtigblink med formoerkelser (occulting quick flashing light), hurtigblink (quick flashing light, scintillating light), blinklyssignal (colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flashing beacon, flashing signal). (various references) | |
Dutch | flikkerlicht (quick flashing light), vast en schitterlicht (fixed and flashing light), onderbroken flikkerlicht (occulting quick flashing light), knipperlicht (blinker, colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flasher, flasher relay, flashing beacon, flashing signal, ghost, occulting light, phantom). (various references) | |
Finnish | vilkkuvalo (winking light), kiinteä valo ja vilkku (fixed and flashing light). (various references) | |
French | feu scintillant continu (quick flashing light), feu scintillant à occultation (occulting quick flashing light), feu scintillant (quick flashing light), feu fixe varié par des éclats réguliers (fixed and flashing light), clignotant (colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flash light, flash light indicator, flasher lamp, flasher unit, flashing beacon, flashing signal). (various references) | |
German | Funkelfeuer (quick flashing light), Festfeuer mit Blitzen bzw.Blinken (fixed and flashing light), unterbrochenes Funkelfeuer (occulting quick flashing light), Blinklicht (blinker, colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flashing beacon, flashing signal, occulting light, revolving lamp). (various references) | |
Greek | σπινθηρίζων φανός (quick flashing light, scintillating light), σταθερός αναλάμπων φανός (fixed and flashing light), προειδοποιητικά φώτα αναλαμπής (colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flashing beacon, flashing signal), διαλείπων φανός ταχείας αναλαμπής (occulting quick flashing light). (various references) | |
Hungarian | villanófény (flashlight). (various references) | |
Italian | fanale a luce scintillante con eclissi (occulting quick flashing light), fanale a luce scintillante (quick flashing light), fanale a luce fissa e splendori (fixed and flashing light), fanale a luce fissa con lampi singoli (fixed and flashing light), luce lampeggiante (colored flashing light, coloured flashing light, flashing beacon, flashing signal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashingflay ightlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | luz intermitente (winking lights), luz fixa com relâmpagos (fixed and flashing light), luz cintilante continua (quick flashing light, scintillating light), luz cintilante com ocultaçoes (occulting quick flashing light), luz cintilante (quick flashing light, scintillating light). (various references) | |
Spanish | luz intermitente (blinker), luz fija con destellos (fixed and flashing light), luz centelleante con ocultaciones (occulting quick flashing light), luz centelleante (quick flashing light, scintillating light). (various references) | |
Swedish | blinkljus (flasher, flashlight). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-g-h-h-i-i-l-l-n-s-t" | |
-3 letters: flashlight, nightfalls. | |
-4 letters: alighting, fanlights, fightings, flatlings, flighting, hightails, lightings, nightfall, slighting. | |
-5 letters: agisting, anthills, failings, faintish, faithing, fanlight, fatlings, fighting, fillings, finalist, fishtail, flailing, flashing, flatling, gaslight, gingalls, hightail, highting, infights, inflight, lathings, ligating, lighting, lightish, nilghais, shafting, shifting, shilling, sighting, stalling, stifling, stilling, tailings. | |
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