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flyback

noun, adj — 3 senses

flyback

noun

Etymology From fly + back.

1

The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.

2

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.

flyback

adj

Etymology From fly + back.

1

Of a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.

  • Short ears, wide heads, dense flyback fur and early developing.1950, Small Stock Magazine, page 45:
  • Exquisitely silky and intensely dense, not a flyback coat […]2013, George A. Townsend, Practical Rabbit Keeping:

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