flash
- flash
- [14] The earliest recorded use of flash is as
a verb, referring to the swift turbulent splashing
movement of water (a memory of which is
probably preserved in modern English flash
flood). The glints of light on the splashing
surface of such water seems to have given rise in
the 16th century, or perhaps before, to the main
present-day sense of the word ‘burst out with
sudden light’. It was presumably originally
imitative of the sound of splashing water.
The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins.
2013.
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flash — [ flaʃ ] n. m. • 1918; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Lampe émettant une lumière brève et intense qui permet de prendre des photographies en milieu sombre, ou en intérieur; appareil, dispositif associé à cette lampe. Des flashs ou des flashes. Prendre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Flash — (englisch für Blitz) bezeichnet: Technik Adobe Flash, eine proprietäre Software für Animationen, ehemals Macromedia Flash Flash Video, ein Dateiformat für Filme Flash Speicher, in der Computertechnik eine häufig benutzte Speichertechnik Flash… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Flash — Flash, n.; pl. {Flashes}. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flash — (fl[a^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed} (fl[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flash — [flash] vi. [ME flashen, to splash, sprinkle; of echoic orig.] 1. to send out or reflect a sudden, brief blaze or light, esp. at intervals 2. to sparkle or gleam [eyes flashing with anger] 3. to speak abruptly, esp. in anger: usually with out 4.… … English World dictionary
Flash — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Flash puede referirse a: el flash fotográfico, un dispositivo utilizado para iluminar escenas en fotografía; el superhéroe Flash, un personaje de cómic que posee la habilidad de una rapidez sobrehumana; la … Wikipedia Español
Flash — (флеш; от англ. «вспышка», «сверкание»): Adobe Flash (ранее Macromedia Flash) программный продукт, позволяющий разрабатывать интерактивные мультимедийные приложения. Flash песня группы Queen из альбома «Flash Gordon» The Flash… … Википедия
