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Definition: Flashbulb |
FlashbulbNoun1. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Fine Arts | In these the light is produced by a chemical reaction initiated by an electric current; a flashbulb can be used only once; it consists of a bulb enclosing the active substance and the ig niting device. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An electric flash lamp in which metal foil or wire is burned. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FlashbulbSynonyms: flash (n), flash lamp (n), flashgun (n), photoflash (n). (additional references) |
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| "Flashbulb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flashbulb" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
flashbulb memory | 9 |
flashbulb | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flashbulb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | llambë magnezi, llambë fleshi (flashlight). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лампа светкавица (flash light). (various references) | |
Czech | žárovka (bulb). (various references) | |
Danish | separat lynlyslampe, lynlyslampe (photoflash lamp). (various references) | |
Dutch | flitslampje, flitslamp. (various references) | |
French | lampe pour la production de la lumière-éclair, lampe pour la lumière-éclair, lampe éclair, ampouleflash. (various references) | |
German | Blitzlampe (photoflash lamp). (various references) | |
Hungarian | villanólámpa. (various references) | |
Italian | luce-lampo, lampada flash, lampada di lampi di luce, lampada a lampo. (various references) | |
Norwegian | blitzpære. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashbulbflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lâmpada para a produção de luz-relâmpago, lâmpada para a luz-relâmpago, lâmpada de luz relâmpago. (various references) | |
Russian | лампа-вспышка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fleš (flash), blic. (various references) | |
Spanish | flash (flash, flashlight), lampara para la produccion de la luz relampago, lampara para la produccion de destellos, lámpara de magnesio, bombilla fusible. (various references) | |
Swedish | fotoblixt (flashlight). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | лампа-зблиск. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flashbulb": flashbulbs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-f-h-l-l-s-u" | |
-2 letters: bashful. | |
-3 letters: ablush, babuls, bubals. | |
-4 letters: ahull, babul, babus, balls, blabs, blahs, blubs, blush, bubal, buhls, bulbs, bulla, bulls, falls, flabs, flash, flubs, flush, fulls, habus, halls, hauls, hulas, hulls, shall, shaul, subah, sulfa. | |
-5 letters: albs, alls, babu, ball, bals, bash, blab, blah, blub, bubs, buhl, bulb, bull, bush, fall, fash, flab, flub, flus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-f-h-l-l-s-u" | |
+1 letter: flashbulbs. | |
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