Flashlight
noun
A small portable device that gives off light, usually powered by batteries.
She used a flashlight to look for her keys in the dark.
Often appears as...
- turn on the flashlight
- shine a flashlight
noun
In photography, a flashlight is a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene.
The photographer used a powerful flashlight to capture the perfect shot indoors.
Often appears as...
- camera flashlight
- flashlights for photography
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noun
A small portable device that gives off light, usually powered by batteries.
She used a flashlight to look for her keys in the dark.
Often appears as...
- turn on the flashlight
- shine a flashlight
noun
In photography, a flashlight is a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene.
The photographer used a powerful flashlight to capture the perfect shot indoors.
Often appears as...
- camera flashlight
- flashlights for photography
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Nighttime Usage
Flashlights are commonly used when it's dark, especially outside where there are no lights.
He grabbed his flashlight during the blackout.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Tool
A flashlight is considered an essential tool in emergency kits for power outages or disasters.
Make sure to pack a flashlight in your emergency kit.
Pro Tip 3/3Camping Essential
Flashlights are a must-have for camping trips to navigate in the wilderness at night.
She packed her flashlight for the camping trip.
Pro Tip 1/3Nighttime Usage
Flashlights are commonly used when it's dark, especially outside where there are no lights.
He grabbed his flashlight during the blackout.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Tool
A flashlight is considered an essential tool in emergency kits for power outages or disasters.
Make sure to pack a flashlight in your emergency kit.
Pro Tip 3/3Camping Essential
Flashlights are a must-have for camping trips to navigate in the wilderness at night.
She packed her flashlight for the camping trip.
Pro Tip 1/3Nighttime Usage
Flashlights are commonly used when it's dark, especially outside where there are no lights.
He grabbed his flashlight during the blackout.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Tool
A flashlight is considered an essential tool in emergency kits for power outages or disasters.
Make sure to pack a flashlight in your emergency kit.
Pro Tip 3/3Camping Essential
Flashlights are a must-have for camping trips to navigate in the wilderness at night.
She packed her flashlight for the camping trip.
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We were driving with friends down a dark road at night, when a police car stopped us. There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects. The officer approached the car, and shined his flashlight on the driver, then on my brother in the front seat, and then on me. And his eyes opened wide and he said,
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Beyond the edge of the...
phones now you kill phones probably better than what we use this is a picture taken of a black smoker with flashlights then we turned out the lights on the submarine and took a picture this is ambient light on the sea floor so there is light on the sea floor its life in the deep ocean and we think
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How quantum mechanics...
would be a flashlight, and a cell phone tower would look like a huge lantern. Earth emits infrared radiation because every object with a temperature above absolute zero will emit light. This is called thermal radiation. The hotter an object gets, the higher frequency the light it emits.
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How Dolphins Evade Shark...
a mental image in the dolphin's brain of the world around them. Echolocation is the way that dolphins have to see in dark and low lit environments. Basically, it's like radar or sonar. But there are limits to this super power. So it works kind of like wide beams on a flashlight.
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
And, finally, this storage problem. To dimensionalize this, I went through and looked at all the types of batteries made -- for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything -- and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses.
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Richard Turere: My...
and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks. And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off. And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight. So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,
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The forgotten art of the...
and also a completely immersive kind of animated sculpture. And that's where I came up with the idea for the zoetrope tunnel. You walk through with a handheld strobe, and wherever you point the flashlight, the animation pops to life.
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"Meeting her for the...
to two to three hundred plus a day it was hard to sit there and watch her while I'd cook by flashlight just seizing constantly season it's a very heavy weight it's you feel constant pain for them you feel helpless you feel like
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You are more transparent...
Rather, they allow some light to actually pass through our skin, muscles, and blood vessels. Don’t believe it? Hold a flashlight to your thumb. Light, it turns out, can help probe the insides of our bodies.
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Freeman Dyson: Let's...
You see the red glow in their eyes, which is the reflection of the flashlight. And then, if you're one of these unsporting characters,
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How to practice...
We were driving with friends down a dark road at night, when a police car stopped us. There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects. The officer approached the car, and shined his flashlight on the driver, then on my brother in the front seat, and then on me. And his eyes opened wide and he said,
Video examples
Beyond the edge of the...
phones now you kill phones probably better than what we use this is a picture taken of a black smoker with flashlights then we turned out the lights on the submarine and took a picture this is ambient light on the sea floor so there is light on the sea floor its life in the deep ocean and we think
Video examples
How quantum mechanics...
would be a flashlight, and a cell phone tower would look like a huge lantern. Earth emits infrared radiation because every object with a temperature above absolute zero will emit light. This is called thermal radiation. The hotter an object gets, the higher frequency the light it emits.
Video examples
How Dolphins Evade Shark...
a mental image in the dolphin's brain of the world around them. Echolocation is the way that dolphins have to see in dark and low lit environments. Basically, it's like radar or sonar. But there are limits to this super power. So it works kind of like wide beams on a flashlight.
Video examples
Innovating to zero! PIPE...
And, finally, this storage problem. To dimensionalize this, I went through and looked at all the types of batteries made -- for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything -- and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses.
Video examples
Richard Turere: My...
and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks. And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off. And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight. So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,
Video examples
The forgotten art of the...
and also a completely immersive kind of animated sculpture. And that's where I came up with the idea for the zoetrope tunnel. You walk through with a handheld strobe, and wherever you point the flashlight, the animation pops to life.
Video examples
"Meeting her for the...
to two to three hundred plus a day it was hard to sit there and watch her while I'd cook by flashlight just seizing constantly season it's a very heavy weight it's you feel constant pain for them you feel helpless you feel like
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You are more transparent...
Rather, they allow some light to actually pass through our skin, muscles, and blood vessels. Don’t believe it? Hold a flashlight to your thumb. Light, it turns out, can help probe the insides of our bodies.
Video examples
Freeman Dyson: Let's...
You see the red glow in their eyes, which is the reflection of the flashlight. And then, if you're one of these unsporting characters,
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Yani Tseng
Athlete
Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.
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Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
I'm sure we've all had that annoying experience when we desperately need a flashlight, we find one, and the batteries are out. Imagine how much money we would save and the amount of toxins leached into the soil, etc., reduced if we didn't use any batteries in flashlights!
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Billy Collins
American Poet
If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out. In a poem, the pen is more like a flashlight, a Geiger counter, or one of those metal detectors that people walk around beaches with.
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Janine di Giovanni
American Journalist
I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Huston Smith
American Theologian
Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine it outside the balloon to see where it is floating - or if it is floating at all.
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Sherry Stringfield
American Actress
I had my electricity turned off three times because I never had time to pay my bills. It was a joke. I'm making a ton of money, and I'm walking around my apartment with flashlights.
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Lloyd Banks
American Musician
I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
There's not a single flashlight app that's not spying on you right now.
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John Bradshaw
American Philosopher
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
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Yani Tseng
Athlete
Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.
Quote examples
Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
I'm sure we've all had that annoying experience when we desperately need a flashlight, we find one, and the batteries are out. Imagine how much money we would save and the amount of toxins leached into the soil, etc., reduced if we didn't use any batteries in flashlights!
Quote examples
Billy Collins
American Poet
If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out. In a poem, the pen is more like a flashlight, a Geiger counter, or one of those metal detectors that people walk around beaches with.
Quote examples
Janine di Giovanni
American Journalist
I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.
Quote examples
Barton Gellman
American Journalist
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
Quote examples
Huston Smith
American Theologian
Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine it outside the balloon to see where it is floating - or if it is floating at all.
Quote examples
Sherry Stringfield
American Actress
I had my electricity turned off three times because I never had time to pay my bills. It was a joke. I'm making a ton of money, and I'm walking around my apartment with flashlights.
Quote examples
Lloyd Banks
American Musician
I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.
Quote examples
John McAfee
American Businessman
There's not a single flashlight app that's not spying on you right now.
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John Bradshaw
American Philosopher
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
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