photoflash lamp

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photoflash lamp [′fōd·ə‚flash ‚lamp]

(electricity)

A lamp consisting of a glass bulb filled with finely shredded aluminum foil in an atmosphere of oxygen; when the foil is ignited by a low-voltage dry cell, it burns with a burst of high-intensity light of short time duration and with definitely regulated time characteristics.

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