flyback
noun, adjective
flyback is a noun meaning “The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-Y-B-A-C-K, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flyback is flybacks.
What does flyback mean?
noun
- 1
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
- 2
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
adjective
- 1
Of a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flyback
- flybacks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flyback?
Flyback appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flyback come from?
From fly + back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).