"camera flash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: camera flashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} camera flash (plural camera flashes)
  1. A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography, to make the picture brighter. Categories (topical): Light sources

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