Look up: flashing

1. flashing
   [adj] - emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts 2. [n] - sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
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2. Flashing
   A thin edge of material formed at the parting line of a casting or forging where it is forced out between the edges of the form or die. See also: Casting.
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3. Flashing
   Metal sheet used to deflect water at junction between roof and wall
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4. Flashing
   A metal sheet used to deflect water at junction between roof and wall to provide the building with protection from water seepage. Formed in lead in good quality work.
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5. Flashing
   This building term refers to material used in building construction to provide the building with protection from water seepage
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6. Flashing
   Waterproof material covering joints between walls and roofs, usually shaped out of lead.
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7. Flashing
   Waterproof material covering joints between walls and roofs, usually shaped out of lead.
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8. Flashing
   ("Flashing"): 'Flashing,' or exhibitionism is characterized by intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges or behaviors involving exposure of the individual's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger. The individual with this problem, sometimes called a "flasher," feels a need to sur...
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9. flashing
   a signal from one operator to another or from a subscriber held by an operator. Category: News-systems and communications
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10. Flashing
    Material used around any angle in a roof or wall to prevent leakage.
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11. Flashing
    a protective sheet metal detail, usually of lead or copper covering a joint or surface which may be exposed to rain penetration. Where a horizontal meets a vertical surface, flashings are often in two parts, an upstand which turns up the vertical surface with a cover or counter flashing, sec...
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12. Flashing
    A layer of sheet lead or zinc, or of roofing-felt, covering the joints or edges of a section of roof covering and a wall. Related Words: Felt (roofing); Lead; Zinc
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13. Flashing
    Pre-exposing the paper to a very diffused white light in order to reduce the contrast level between the highlights and shadows and extend the tonal range.
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14. Flashing
    Flash'ing noun 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing . 2. (Architecture) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to l...
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15. flashing
    1. <engineering> The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; called also flushing. ... 2. Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the ...
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16. flashing
    adjective emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; `flashing lightning and roaring thunder`
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17. flashing
    noun sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
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18. flashing
    noun a short vivid experience; `a flash of emotion swept over him`; `the flashings of pain were a warning`
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19. Flashing
    • (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing. • (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. • (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its ...
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20. flashing
    (from the article `brick and tile`) ...and buffs. Ordinary clays and shales are associated with the red ranges. By regulating the oxidizing conditions in the kiln, browns, purples, and ...
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21. flashing
    (from the article `geyser`) ...or gas bubbles begin to form in the conduit, hot water spills from the vent of the geyser, and the pressure is lowered on the water column below. ...
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22. Flashing
    [provocative] Coaches of the now-defunct Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association. ...
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23. Flashing
    [weatherproofing] Flashing refers to thin continuous pieces of sheet metal or other impervious material installed to prevent the passage of water into a structure from an angle or joint. Flashing generally operates on the principle that, for water to penetrate a joint, it must work itself up...
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24. Flashing
    In architecture flashing is pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; the term is also applied to similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension the term applies to the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs.
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25. Flashing
    Pre-exposing the paper to a very diffused white light in order to reduce the contrast level between the highlights and shadows and extend the tonal range
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