flashback
verbEtymology From flash + back.
1
To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
- Synonyms
- flash back
- Related terms
- flashforward
flashback
noun/ˈflæʃ.bæk/
Etymology From flash + back.
1
Authorship, Broadcasting, Communications, Film, Journalism, Literature, Media, Publishing, Television, Writing A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
2
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
3
Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
- We danced fast to Martha and the Vandellas, Supremes or even the Beach Boys. Slow to Dusty Springfield or Righteous Brothers (how's that for a heavy flash back?)1971, Georgia Strait, “The Gay Ghetto”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 17:
4
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
- Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation? / The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture):
5
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
6
Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
- As noted, that method provides limited support for multi-table flashbacks.2004, Kevin Loney, Oracle Database 10g The Complete Reference, page 497:
- […] less used and specialized types of queries, including composite queries, hierarchical queries, version flashbacks, and parallel queries.2004, Gavin J. T. Powell, Carol McCullough-Dieter, Oracle SQL: Jumpstart with Examples, page xxv:
- Derived terms
- flashback arrestor, antiflashback, dead wife flashback, Vietnam flashback