FLARE

Flare

A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by a plane or helicopter to counter an infrared homing surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature equal to or hotter than engine exhaust. The aim is to make the infrared-guided missile seek out the heat signature from the flare rather than the aircraft's engines.

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flare

Noun

  1. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
  2. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
  3. The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
  4. A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders
  5. A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad, a fusee.

Verb

  1. To blaze brightly.
    The blast furnace flared in the night.
  2. To burn unsteadily.
    The candle flared in a sudden draught.
  3. To open outward in shape.
    The cat flared its nostrils while sniffing at the air.
    The cat's nostrils flared when it sniffed at the air.
    The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza.
    The sides of a bowl flare.
  4. To cause to burn.
  5. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
  6. To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
  7. To be exposed to too much light.


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