electronic flash

[ ih-lek-tron-ik flash, ee-lek- ]

noun

, Photography.

1. a flash lamp, usually attached to a camera or housed within a camera body, that produces brilliant flashes of light by the discharge of current through a gas-filled tube.

electronic flash

noun

1. photog an electronic device for producing a very bright flash of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas-filled tube

Word History and Origins

Origin of electronic flash¹

First recorded in 1945–50