"flashgun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flashguns [plural]
Etymology: flash + gun Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flash|gun}} flash + gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} flashgun (plural flashguns)
  1. (photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb. Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-flashgun-en-noun-q4f~2tXc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. (photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography. Categories (topical): Photography Translations (a unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography): 閃光燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪光灯 (shǎnguāngdēng) (Chinese Mandarin), salaman laukaisin (Finnish), flash (photographique) [masculine] (French), Blitzlicht [neuter] (German), ストロボ (sutorobo) (Japanese), フラッシュ (furasshu) (Japanese), вспы́шка (vspýška) [feminine] (Russian), фотовспы́шка (fotovspýška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flashgun-en-noun-6~HRFYZK Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography Disambiguation of 'a unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flashlight, flash gun

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