flashing light

collocation in English

meaningsofflashandlight

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flash
adjective
uk
/flæʃ/us
/flæʃ/
looking expensive in a way that ...
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light
noun
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition offlashandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflashing light

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Telephone ringing can be converted to aflashinglightand doorbells can also incorporate aflashinglightto attract the patient's attention.
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Flashinglightsuperimposed over a low intensity steady background was used as light stimulus.
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The subjects had either to look towards the point of theflashinglightor towards the vertex at the end opposite to that flashing.
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Using a rabbit eyecup preparation, we found a basal release in dark adapted retina that was increased by both steady andflashinglight.
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This leads them to correctly point out that attention can be under dorsal control, such as in the case of aflashinglight.
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We do not consider that the cost offlashinglightsignals, as suggested, would be warranted.
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Considering the advantages of aflashinglightor a permanent light is a jolly good idea.
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Deaf persons need aflashinglightwhen the door bell rings.
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They do not represent three-star,flashinglight, huge legislative matters.
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However, aflashinglightis much more readily seen by motorists, particularly in wet conditions.
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Aflashinglightand klaxon system is undoubtedly better than nothing.
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The redflashinglightwould be equivalent to a stop sign.
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Parked alongside it was a police car with a blueflashinglight.
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The whiteflashinglightis visible for.
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There is also a redflashinglighton top.
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The red and whiteflashinglightwas deactivated in 2008.
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One was a fixed and one aflashinglight.
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The location was marked with buoys and aflashinglight.
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We arranged demonstrations of prototype signs designed to illuminate the whole sign face by aflashinglight.
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All that we have ever had to do is to take the blueflashinglightoff the top!
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Yet often these are small considerations such as a handrail, a ramp, aflashinglighton a phone, or a lower desk or work bench.
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It has been reported that in all three cases the automatic half-barrier equipment and the associated redflashinglightsignals were operating correctly.
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The other point relates to the barrier at level crossings and the existence of aflashinglightindicating that another train is coming.
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Aflashinglight, for example, may not attract anyone if it is operating in the early morning when there is no one about.
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