flashbacks
noun
Meaning
- (authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
- A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.
- A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
- The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
- A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
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