For Flashback we have terms and definitions in 10 topics. The topics are Carpet, Comic Book, Comic Books, Drama, Hippy, Import Cars, Mental Health, Problem Teenagers, Psychoactives and Shooting Video.

Flashback (Carpet)

1. After a chemical spill, rapid vapor ignition that occurs when vapors from a spill area travel downwind to a ignition source, ignite and rapidly burn back to the spill. 2. When the flame from a cutting torch burns back into the tip of the torch, or the hose. This is often accompanied by a hissing or squealing sound with a smoky or sharp, pointed flame.

Flashback (Comic Book)

Recalling an earlier story.

Flashback (Comic Books)

When a previous story is recalled.

Flashback (Drama)

An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action. Writers use flashbacks to complicate the sense of chronology in the plot of their works and to convey the richness of the experience of human time. Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily" includes flashbacks.

Flashback (Hippy)

A spontaneous psychedelic experience that reminds one of a previous trip, but without any drugs. "Every time I climb that mountain I get flashbacks from my acid trip there back in 1969."

Flashback (Import Cars)

A recession of the flame back into the mixing chamber of the oxyfuel gas torch or flame-spraying gun.

Flashback (Mental Health)

One of the paraphilias, characterized by marked distress over, or acting on, sexual urges involving the use of nonliving objects (fetishes), such as underclothing, stockings, or boots.

Flashback (Problem Teenagers)

An overwhelming memory of an event or trauma.

Flashback (Psychoactives)

1. the rare but not unknown recapitulation of a psychedelic experience at a time when there is no drug present.

Flashback (Shooting Video)

Past events or moments inserted into a current scene.

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