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flasher

flasher

1 6.0
A device that makes a light turn on and off automatically for signs
  • noun
  • /ˈflæʃər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : relé intermitente
  • flasher relay

So you can find that called the Monroe flasher on YouTube.

Examples

  • Grant is pressing a switch, the flasher on the phone in the workstation responding.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • A directed brake/tail lamp will require an electronic flasher/blinker unit, which can be commonly sold at your local auto parts store.

    Blog text (10)
  • I'd say the turn signal system should have a programmable load detection; most modern cars use a flasher unit that uses this method to detect when a bulb has gone out.

    Blog text (27)
  • The advertising display featured a bright flasher that attracted many customers to the store.

  • During the emergency, the vehicle's red flasher helped alert other drivers on the road.

  • At night, the warning flasher on the construction site lit up to signal that work was being done.

Synonyms

flashing light
vsflasher
14 2.0

A light that flashes to warn people, for example on ambulances or at crossings

is the device that causes a lamp to turn on and off automatically
blinker
vsflasher
  • US
11 3.2

A light on a car that flashes to show which way it will turn

is a general automatic device that switches a lamp on and off
strobe light
vsflasher
  • Specialized
6 3.7

A light that flashes quickly and regularly to make visual effects

uses simple on and off switching for signs or signals rather than brief flashes

Antonyms

304 2.0

Not changing over time and remaining the same

198 2.5

Happens all the time without stopping

How Fast

strobe light
  • Specialized
6 3.7
flasher
  • Specialized
1 6.0
intervalometer
  • Specialized
9.3

Surface Forms

flasher singular
flashers plural

Morphology

flasher = flash (transparent) = flash + er

Instrumentive/agentive '-er' added to 'flash' yields 'a device that flashes'; the technical device sense is a direct extension of this formation.

Etymology

The word flasher comes from flash and the ending -er, which names the thing that does the action 'to flash'. So a flasher is the electrical device that makes a lamp blink for signs or signal lights.