flyback

1 of 2

adjective

: tending to fly back or capable of flying back: such as

a

of a stopwatch or chronograph : having a sweep second hand that may be made to fly back to zero

b

of fur, hair, or feathers : having a tendency to fall back into position when brushed the wrong way

flyback

2 of 2

noun

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1

: the return to zero of the second hand or the split-second hand of a stopwatch or chronograph

2

: the return of a cathode-ray beam in a television picture tube after it has traced one picture before it traces the next

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from fly back, verb

Noun

from fly back, verb

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