flits

Definitions of flits
  1. noun
    a momentary brightness
    synonyms: flashlight, flitslicht
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    type of:
    helderheid, lichtsterkte
    the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
  2. noun
    a spatially localized brightness
    synonyms: flashlight, flitslicht
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    type of:
    helderheid, lichtsterkte
    the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
  3. noun
    a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
    synonyms: flashlight, flitser, flitslamp, flitslicht, flitstoestel
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    types:
    seingranaat
    an artillery shell containing an illuminant
  4. noun
    abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
    synonyms: bliksemen, bliksemflits, bliksemschicht, bliksemstraal, lichten, schicht, weerlichten
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    types:
    bliksemflits, blikseminslag, bliksemschicht, bliksemstraal, donder, donderslag, onweren, schicht
    a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
  5. noun
    a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
    synonyms: bliksemflits, blikseminslag, bliksemschicht, bliksemstraal, donder, donderslag, onweren, schicht
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    type of:
    bliksemen, bliksemflits, bliksemschicht, bliksemstraal, lichten, schicht, weerlichten
    abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
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