# flash (light)

a short light that occurs in a place

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: emergence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [light](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-light.visual), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process)

**Through:** light occurs after change in a place

**Novel properties:**
- briefness
- high intensity

## Examples
- A camera flash emits a 1-millisecond burst of light when the shutter button is pressed. *(engineering)*
- Lightning during the 1994 Central Florida thunderstorm lit the sky for 0.2 seconds. *(meteorology)*
- The emergency strobe on Apollo 13's reentry module activated for 3 seconds at atmospheric entry. *(aerospace)*

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