Flare
Encyclopedia
In culture and the arts
- Flare (acrobatic move), an acrobatic move employed in b-boying, commonly known as breakdance, and gymnastics
- Flare (comics)Flare (comics)Flare is a superhero whose adventures are published by Heroic Publishing. The character was originally created by Stacy Thain for a superhero role-playing game called Champions. She appeared in the six-issue run of the Champions comic published by Eclipse Comics, then in several of her own books...
, a female hero who is a member of the League of Champions - Flare (magazine)Flare (magazine)Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. It is owned by Rogers Communications.Flare magazine was created in 1979, as a rebranding of Miss Chatelaine magazine. Flare promotes itself as "Canada's Fashion magazine"...
, a Canadian fashion and style magazine - Flare (science fiction novel)Flare (science fiction novel)Flare is a science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Thurston Thomas, published in 1992.Flare describes the world as it may be in 2081, and the effects a future inter-planetary would suffer if a solar flare occurred after almost 100 years without any solar activity.The book takes a...
, a book by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas - The Flares, a doo wop group
- Flares (horse)Flares (horse)Flares was a British Thoroughbred racehorse owned, bred, and raced by the preeminent horseman in the United States, William Woodward, Sr. Flares was out of the racing mare, Flambino, winner of the 1927 Gazelle Handicap. His sire was the great Gallant Fox, the 1930 U.S. Triple Crown winner and a U.S...
, a British Thoroughbred racehorse - Flare Acoustic Arts LeagueFlare Acoustic Arts LeagueFlare Acoustic Arts League — a.k.a. Flare — is an experimental pop band formed by guitarist Damian Costilla and singer LD Beghtol in New York in 1996.-History:...
, an experimental pop group led by LD Beghtol - Bell-bottomsBell-bottomsBell-bottoms are trousers that become wider from the knees downward. Related styles include flare, loon pants and boot-cut/leg trousers. Hip-huggers are bell-bottomed, flare, or boot-cut pants that are fitted tightly around the hips and thighs.-Naval origins:Bell-bottoms' precise origins are...
, a style of trousers sometimes referred to as flares - Fully FlaredFully FlaredFully Flared is a street skateboarding video by Lakai, directed by Ty Evans, Spike Jonze and Cory Weincheque. In 2007, it won "Best video of the Year" at the Transworld Skateboarding Awards, and Guy Mariano won both "Best Street" and "Best Video Part" at the same event.The video's release was...
, a skateboarding film by Lakai - Mylene Flare JeniusMylene Flare Jeniusis a fictional character in the Macross universe. She first appears in Macross 7, and also appears in the movie Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! and the OVAs Macross 7 Encore and Macross Dynamite 7. She is voiced by Tomo Sakurai...
(ミレーヌF ジーナス, Mirēnu F. Jīnasu), a character in Macross science-fiction anime - "Flare", a song by pop punk band Relient K on the album Forget and Not Slow DownForget and Not Slow DownForget and Not Slow Down is the sixth full-length studio album by American rock band Relient K, released on October 6, 2009. It is the band's first album since the departure of longtime drummer Dave Douglas at the end of 2007. Ethan Luck was his replacement as the drummer for the band. The album is...
- Flare, a black magic spell in the Final Fantasy series
In aviation
- Flare (aviation), a technique used in landing an aircraft where the descent rate is gradually reduced until the landing gear gently touches the ground or runway.
- Flare (countermeasure)Flare (countermeasure)A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure 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...
, an aerial countermeasure against heat-seeking missiles - Flarecraft, a wing-in-ground effect vehicle
- Flare, a parachuteParachuteA parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...
landing maneuver
In science, technology, and medicine
- Fluid attenuated inversion recoveryFluid attenuated inversion recoveryFluid attenuated inversion recovery is a pulse sequence used in magnetic resonance imaging which was invented by Dr. Graeme Bydder. FLAIR can be used with both three dimensional imaging or two dimensional imaging ....
, a pulse sequence used in magnetic resonance imaging, a medical diagnostic tool - Flare (ship)Flare (ship)Flare is a descriptive term for the angle at which a ship's hull plate or planking departs from the vertical in an outward direction with increasing height. A flared hull typically has a deck area larger than its cross-sectional area at the waterline. Most vessels have some degree of flare above...
, a descriptive measure of hull shape - Flare (pyrotechnic)Flare (pyrotechnic)A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for signalling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications...
, a luminous device often used for signaling - Flare fittingFlare fittingFlare fittings are a type of compression fitting used with metal tubing, usually soft steel and ductile copper, though other materials are also used. Tube flaring is considered to be a type of forging operation, and is usually a cold working procedure. During assembly, a flare nut is...
, an expansion flare on the end of a pipe in plumbing - Flare-up, a recurrence or aggravation of symptoms of a medical condition
- Gas flareGas flareA gas flare, alternatively known as a flare stack, is an elevated vertical conveyance found accompanying the presence of oil wells, gas wells, rigs, refineries, chemical plants, natural gas plants, and landfills....
or "flare stack," a type of chimney - Lens flareLens flareLens flare is the light scattered in lens systems through generally unwanted image formation mechanisms, such as internal reflection and scattering from material inhomogeneities in the lens. These mechanisms differ from the intended image formation mechanism that depends on refraction of the image...
, unwanted reflections in optical systems which are a problem in photography and astronomy
In astronomy
- Flare starFlare starA flare star is a variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes. It is believed that the flares on flare stars are analogous to solar flares in that they are due to magnetic reconnection in the atmospheres of the stars. The brightness increase is...
, a variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes - Satellite flareSatellite flareSatellite flare is the phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces on satellites reflecting sunlight directly onto the Earth below and appearing as a brief, bright "flare"....
, a phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces on satellites - Solar flareSolar flareA solar flare is a sudden brightening observed over the Sun surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release of up to 6 × 1025 joules of energy . The flare ejects clouds of electrons, ions, and atoms through the corona into space. These clouds typically reach Earth a day...
, an eruption of plasma from the surface of the sun
In computing
- Flare TechnologyFlare TechnologyFlare Technology was a computer hardware company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese, and John Mathieson, former engineers at Sinclair Research....
, a defunct computer hardware company - PrefusePrefusePrefuse is a Java-based toolkit for building interactive information visualization applications. It supports a rich set of features for data modeling, visualization and interaction...
flare, a flash information visualization toolkit - Xara FlareXara FlareXara Flare Open Vector File Format is a format that was introduced in 1997 by XARA to compete with the Macromedia Flash format. The format was open and developers could export from their products to this format, royalty free and without the need of any permission. The key characteristic and...
, a file format in computing - Flare, a help authoring tool published by MadCap SoftwareMadCap SoftwareMadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm is best known for producing various help authoring tools...