Flyback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flyback is a noun meaning The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
Meaning
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
More Meanings
- Of a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.
- A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
Example Sentences
Exquisitely silky and intensely dense, not a flyback coat […]
Short ears, wide heads, dense flyback fur and early developing.
Word Forms
- flybacks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fly-back, retrace, switchback, blowback, retroprojection, flowback.
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