Meaning

2 senses
  1. The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.

  2. Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”).

Origin

From back + flash.

From back + flash.

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Forms

plural: backflashes
Singularbackflash
Pluralbackflashes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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