flyback

[ flahy-bak ]

noun

, Electronics.

1. the return to its starting point of the electron beam in a cathode ray tube, as after the completion of a line in a television picture or of a trace in an oscilloscope.

flyback

/ ˈflaɪˌbæk /

noun

1. the fast return of the spot on a cathode-ray tube after completion of each trace

Word History and Origins

Origin of flyback¹

First recorded in 1930–35; noun use of verb phrase fly back

Example Sentences

The gun was left at the scene but the robbers fled with the watch, a rose-gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph worth approximately $500,000.

From Seattle Times

Police have not yet found the rare wristwatch the men are accused of stealing: a rose-gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph, which is popular with celebrities.

From Los Angeles Times

The robbers made off with the watch, a rose gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph worth an estimated half-million dollars.

From Los Angeles Times

Gone was his rare, high-end watch: a rose gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph, a watch popular with celebrities and a piece Belhassen estimated is worth $500,000.

From Los Angeles Times

Beckham wore an orange RM 11-03 Automatic Flyback Chronograph McLaren that cost him $189,500 at a Richard Mille boutique, a company representative wrote in an email.

From Washington Post