flyback

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noun

The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.

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Meanings

nounflyback (countable and uncountable, plural flybacks)

plural flybacks

  1. countableuncountableThe movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
  2. countableuncountableA 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.
adjectiveflyback (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.

    Short ears, wide heads, dense flyback fur and early developing.

    1950, Small Stock Magazine, page 45
    1 more example

    Exquisitely silky and intensely dense, not a flyback coat […]

    2013, George A. Townsend, Practical Rabbit Keeping

Origin

From fly + back.

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APA

flyback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyback

MLA

“flyback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyback.

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