WHAT DOES FLAREBACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of flareback in the English dictionary
The first definition of flareback in the dictionary is a flame ignited in the breech of a gun when the gun is fired, caused by the burning of residual flammable gases. Other definition of flareback is a negative, often unexpected, consequence of an action; a backfiring, a backlash. Flareback is also a brief return to a negative state after a marked improvement.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAREBACK»
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Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House
Wilson. suffers. a. “flareback”. Wilson. was being treated for a cold. He had
already suffered much pain in his left eye and his nose, and Grayson had
diagnosed an abscess developing in his nostril.During the four or five days prior
to his ...
2
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: ...
i63. 3. Flareback,. 0000-0245. Precisely at midnight Admiral Scott ordered all
ships to cease firing. It appeared to him that "some shaking down was necessary
in order to continue our attack successfully." Again, a number of gunnery officers
...
Samuel Eliot Morison, 2001
The firing of a big gun on deck can cause a flareback, drawing flames out of the
boilers and badly burning anyone who stands in front of them. Such a flareback
results from the partial vacuum that is created momentarily on deck when a gun is
...
4
To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1998
In either of those cases — an enemy shell or flareback — the explosion could
communicate directly through the powder hoist to the powder handling room. Nor
were these just theoretical problems: In a single flareback on U.S.S. Missouri, ...
Q. Do you feel that flareback may result in damage of the boilers? A. Yes, if it is
strong enough, [it] instantaneously will cause the boiler brickwork to fall out and
cause injury to the personnel. Q. Could the flareback sever the two water drums
or ...
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Product Improvement Test of Combustible Cartridge Case, ...
This product improvement test of the combustible cartridge case, 155-mm, XM157, was conducted at Aberdeen Proving Ground to obtain information on flarebacks and relate this information to the possible safety hazard of exposing a cartridge ...
Dean W. Weed, DEVELOPMENT AND PROOF SERVICES ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD., 1967
From that day to this there has been a steady improvement in the fitting and
working of this device, and I feel perfectly confident that if it is properly and
carefully used, there will never be another flareback. But to prevent the possibility
of ...
8
Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History
He argued that the flareback could not have occurred if the gas-ejection svstem
was working properly, even at a pressure as low as 50 pounds per square inch,
compared with the normal pressure of 150. Therefore, he concluded that the ...
The famous (or infamous) image of the flareback in turret two aboard the USS
Iowa on April 19, 1989, some three hundred miles from Puerto Rico in the
Caribbean. A flareback is like a box of matches igniting at once in a giant flash.
However ...
Kit Bonner, Carolyn Bonner
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U.S. Subs Down Under: Brisbane, 1942-1945
The waste was ejected by compressed air, and it almost took an engineer to
operate it without getting what we called a 'flareback.'" The consequences of a "
flareback" can be imagined, but the difficulty of accessing and using this facility ...
David Jones, Peter Nunan, 2005
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAREBACK»
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Keep your family safe in pool, around grill
Using gasoline can cause an explosion or a huge flareback. Do not re-apply the lighter fluid once you've lit the fire, even if it doesn't seem to be ... «WATE 6 On Your Side, May 15»
Korean Cloning Scientist Quits Over Report He Faked Research
"There may be some political flareback," said Dr. Donald Kennedy, editor of Science. "But I hope people would consider the many exciting ... «New York Times, Dec 05»
