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Flare may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

The word flare can also be used in the context of: A World War I-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ... A Lockheed MC-130 releasing 2x1 Inch MTV decoy flares A (decoy) flare is an aerial countermeasure to counter an infrared-guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) or air-to-air missile (AAM). ... A Thai teenager performs a counter-clockwise flare on the Bangkok Skytrain as his friend looks on. ... Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. ... Flare is a science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas, published in 1992. ... This article is about the device. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The term symptom (from the Greek meaning chance, mishap or casualty, itself derived from συμπιπτω meaning to fall upon or to happen to) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: Strictly, a symptom is a sensation or change in health function experienced by a patient. ... Remission is the state of absence of disease activity in patients with known chronic illness. ... Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS) is a chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse or specific muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. ... Look up aviation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Flarecraft cruising A Wing In Ground-effect vehicle (WIG), sometimes referred to as a flarecraft, is a vehicle that cruises little more than a few feet over flat surfaces, most often water. ...


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NASA/Marshall Solar Physics (528 words)
Solar flares are often observed using filters to isolate the light emitted by hydrogen atoms in the red region of the solar spectrum (the H-alpha spectral line).
This is an example of a "two-ribbon" flare in which the flaring region appear as two bright lines threading through the area between sunspots within a sunspot group.
The flare (the bright area) lies along a section of a neutral line where the magnetic field is twisted (or sheared) to point along the neutral line instead of across it.
Flare (pyrotechnic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (613 words)
Flares are used for signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications.
Flares generally produce their light through the combustion of magnesium metal, sometimes colored by the inclusion of other metals.
In the civilian world, flares are commonly used as distress signals, and may be ignited on the ground or fired as an aerial signal from a pistol-like flare gun.
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