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flashlamp

n. 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.

Usage examples of "flashlamp".

A pool of light from a flashlamp preceded the visitor down the four steps from the wheelhouse to the saloon.

It emits light just like an ordinary flashlamp, but in a tighter beam.

I point it at, just as some light from a flashlamp is reflected into your eyes from any object that the lamp illuminates.

Lanyard, scrutinising the deck with the flashlamp, stooped, picked up something, and offered it on an outspread palm upon which he trained the clear electric beam.

We reported the trail to the others, switched on our flashlamps, and followed.