electronic flash

noun, Photography
1.
a flash lamp, usually attached to a camera or housed within the camera body, that produces brilliant flashes of light by the discharge of current through a gas-filled tube.
Also called flashtube.
Origin
1945-50
Examples from the web for electronic flash
  • The electronic flash can be mounted at any point on the vehicle.
  • Daylight films are color balanced to daylight and electronic flash light.
British Dictionary definitions for electronic flash

electronic flash

noun
1.
(photog) an electronic device for producing a very bright flash of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas-filled tube