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Theatrical technique used in dramatic presentations where the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by a scene recalling an event or occurrence from an earlier time; also called cutback. Flashback technique is often used effectively in television commercial production, as, for example, in a commercial for a dishwashing detergent where a housewife flashes back to a time when she used another detergent and was embarrassed because her dishes were not clean and did not shine.

A reversal of flame in a system that is counter to the usual flow of the combustible mixture.

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For a list of words related to flashback, see:

• Devices, Techniques, and Elements - flashback: narrative device by which an event that takes place outside the narrative framework is brought into the chronology of the story
• Movie People and Show Business - flashback: narrative device in which action taking place in the past is inserted into the chronological structure of the story

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See words rhyming with "flashback."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilbageblik, tilbagevendende hallucination

Nederlands (Dutch)
flashback, ongewilde terugwijking van vuur, terugblik

Français (French)
n. - (Cin) retour en arrière, flash-back

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückblende

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναδρομή στο παρελθόν, φλας-μπακ

Italiano (Italian)
scena retrospettiva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - retrospectiva (f)

Русский (Russian)
короткая ретроспективная сцена

Español (Spanish)
n. - escena retrospectiva, retrospección

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillbakablick

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
急转, 闪回, 倒叙

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 急轉, 閃回, 倒敘

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (영화에서) 회상장면

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フラッシュバック, 逆火

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الإرتجاع الفني, مشهد سينمائي يعود بالمشاهد الى وقت سابق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמונה מן העבר, הבזק לאחור‬

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