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flyback en · ADJ
Etymology
From fly + back.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.
Exquisitely silky and intensely dense, not a flyback coat […]
2013, George A. Townsend, Practical Rabbit Keeping:Short ears, wide heads, dense flyback fur and early developing.
1950, Small Stock Magazine, page 45:
flyback en · NOUN
Etymology
From fly + back.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
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(countable, uncountable) A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
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