flyback

[ flahy-bak ]

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noun

Electronics.

the return to its starting point of the electron beam in a cathode ray tube, as after the completion of a line in a television picture or of a trace in an oscilloscope.

flyback

/ ˈ�ڱ��ɪˌ��æ�� /

noun

the fast return of the spot on a cathode-ray tube after completion of each trace

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flyback¹

First recorded in 1930–35; noun use of verb phrase fly back

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Another inspires a short rhapsody detailing the six-figure worth of a Richard Mille Felipe Massa automatic chronograph with a rose gold skeleton and a flyback function.

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The gun was left at the scene but the robbers fled with the watch, a rose-gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph worth approximately $500,000.

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Police have not yet found the rare wristwatch the men are accused of stealing: a rose-gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph, which is popular with celebrities.

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The robbers made off with the watch, a rose gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph worth an estimated half-million dollars.

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Gone was his rare, high-end watch: a rose gold Richard Mille RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph, a watch popular with celebrities and a piece Belhassen estimated is worth $500,000.

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