electronic flash
noun Photography.
a flash lamp, usually attached to a camera or housed within the camera body, that produces brilliant flashes of light by the discharge of current through a gas-filled tube.
Also called
flashtube.
Origin of electronic flash
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby electronic flash
British Dictionary definitions for electronic flash
electronic flash
noun
photog
an electronic device for producing a very bright flash of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas-filled tube