"flash powder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flash powders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flash powder (countable and uncountable, plural flash powders)
  1. (photography) A powder that burns with a very rapid flash when ignited; used in pyrotechnics and early flash photography. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Photography Translations (Translations): Blitzlichtpulver [neuter] (German), púdar splaince [masculine] (Irish)

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