photoflash unit

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photoflash unit [′fōd·ə‚flash ‚yü·nət]

(electronics)

A portable electronic light source for photographic use, consisting of a capacitor-discharge power source, a flash tube, a battery for charging the capacitor, and sometimes also a high-voltage pulse generator to trigger the flash.

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