backflash

The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.

Noun

  1. The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
  2. Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”).
    • As an experienced editor I disapprove of backflashes, foreshadowings and tricksy devices […] - 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

    Synonyms: flashback

Origin

From back + flash.

Forms

backflashes