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flyback

flyback

9.7
A sudden high electrical pulse when current in a coil or transformer stops quickly
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : pulsación de flyback
  • The engineer installed a diode to protect the circuit from flyback voltage.

Examples

  • Technicians often check for flyback pulses when troubleshooting transformer circuits.

  • A sudden flyback can damage sensitive electronic components if not properly managed.

  • A sudden flyback can damage sensitive components.

  • The circuit experienced a flyback when the power was cut.

  • The engineer installed a diode to protect the circuit from flyback voltage.

  • A sudden flyback can damage sensitive electronic components if not properly managed.

  • Technicians often check for flyback pulses when troubleshooting transformer circuits.

Synonyms

spike
vsflyback
66 3.5

A sudden sharp rise in an amount, for example voltage

is a specific high voltage pulse caused by interrupted inductor current
transient
vsflyback
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A short electrical signal that happens after a sudden change in the power supply

is a single abrupt high energy pulse from interrupting current in an inductor

Antonyms

steady
304 2.0

Not changing over time and remaining the same

Surface Forms

flyback singular
flybacks plural

Morphology

flyback = fly + back (opaque) = fly + back

Although historically analyzable as 'fly' + 'back', the electrical engineering sense 'a high-voltage pulse' is specialized and not derivable from the components by an average learner.

Etymology

Flyback comes from fly + back, a helpful way to think of a quick 'jump back'. In electronics it names the sudden high-voltage pulse that 'jumps back' when the current stops, which is why engineers call that spike a flyback.