flash tube
noun
variants
or less commonly flashtube
plural flash tubes also flashtubes
: a gas discharge tube that produces very brief intense flashes of light and is used especially in photography
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Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, are a couple whose bond was forged in the crucible of a paparazzo’s flashtube.
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Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
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Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
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“Flash tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20tube. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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