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Photoflash

Definition: Photoflash

Photoflash

Noun

1. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Photoflash

Synonyms: flash (n), flash lamp (n), flashbulb (n), flashgun (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Photoflash

English words defined with "photoflash": flash camera. (references)
Specialty definitions using "photoflash": BULB FILLERphotoflash bomb, photoflash cartridge, photoflash lamp. (references)

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Expressions: Photoflash

Expressions using "photoflash": photoflash bomb photoflash cartridge photoflash lamp. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Photoflash

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  photoflash

10

  capacitor photoflash

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Photoflash

Language Translations for "photoflash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏نور خاطف (flash), ‏وميض (flash, glimmer, glint, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

   

Danish

  

lyspatron (photoflash cartridge), lysbombe (photoflash bomb), lynlyslampe (flashbulb, photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

fotoflitslamp (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

salamalamppu (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

French

  

flash. (various references)

   

German

  

Blitzlicht (flash, flashlight). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λαμπτήρας έκλαμψης με καύση (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

villanófényû lõszer (photoflash cartridge), villanófényû bomba (photoflash bomb), harcmezõt megvilágító lõszer (photoflash cartridge). (various references)

   

Italian

  

flash a combustione (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otoflashphay

   

Portuguese

  

lâmpada de flash (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fleş. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

luz relámpago, flash (flash, flashbulb, flashlight). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

blixtlampa (photoflash lamp). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

flaş (flash, flash gun, photo-flash). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

фотоспалах. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Photoflash

Derivations

Words beginning with "photoflash": photoflashes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Photoflash

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-h-h-l-o-o-p-s-t"

-2 letters: pooftahs.

-3 letters: hooplas, loofahs, pooftah.

-4 letters: floats, flotas, hoopla, loofah, loofas, lotahs, pathos, photos, postal, potash, saloop, tholos.

-5 letters: afoot, aloft, aloof, altho, altos, fatso, flaps, flash, flats, float, flops, flota, foals, fools, foots, hafts, halos, halts, holts, hoofs, hoops, hoots, hosta, laths, loafs, loath, lofts, loofa, loofs, loops, loots, lotah, lotas, lotos, oaths.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-h-h-l-o-o-p-s-t"
 

+2 letters: photoflashes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Photoflash


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 68 6F 74 6F 66 6C 61 73 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "photoflash"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "photoflash"

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