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flashlight

1. chiefly US and Canadian a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries
2. Photog the brief bright light emitted by an electronic flash unit
3. Chiefly US and Canadian a light that flashes, used for signalling, in a lighthouse, etc.
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In fact, the Hawkeye was the brightest of the lot so if you need a second flashlight with a long throw, it's a good choice.
According to the company, Rapport protects data exchanged during web banking sessions including usernames, passwords and account information against malware and financial Trojans, while Flashlight, Trusteer's new remote fraud investigation and mitigation service, identifies the attack source on customer machines, remotely gathers samples and can reverse engineer the mechanism used by the malware to commit fraud.
At first she thought that the flashlight had died, and then she turned the cylinder toward herself and saw the small circle of light.
Tape the heavy construction paper on top of the oatmeal container the same way you did with the lid, and shine the flashlight through.
The FL1 standard addressed six performance measurements to improve consistency and clarity for flashlight buyers.
Since Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb over a century ago, we've used the same basic technology for flashlights with filament type bulbs.
For a basic pocket-carry all-purpose flashlight, my own preference is for hybrid designs that combine the benefits of both a high-intensity tungsten filament bulb and an LED into one package.
So right now, check your 3-volt lithium batteries and make sure the warning on the Interstate batteries about not using them in flashlights is well-known and well-heeded in your commo shop.
The flashlight was found in the hydraulics bay of the FCF aircraft that had been repaired the previous night.
Cree Inc., a provider of LED solid-state lighting components, today said that SureFire LLC will use its new XLamp 7090 XR-E Series LEDs as the light source in three new flashlight models to be introduced in early 2007.
A: There are no regulations that govern the size of a flashlight you can use in the woods.
Caption(s): Lava World has expanded into keyboard vacuums, massagers and other novelty products, such as this flashlight.
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