Flexowriter A hade name for the typewriter that can provide input data to a computer or type outputs from the computer. (No longer used.)
flexure failure A conductor failure due to repeated flexing that is indicated by an increase of resistance to a specified value for a specified time.
flicker Also called jitter or wobble. 1. In television, the flickering produced in the picture when the field frequency is insufficient to completely synchronize the visual images. 2. In a regulated power supply, a phenomenon due primarily to sudden, minute changes of brief duration in the reference voltage or the input-stage junctions of the correction amplifier in the regulator. 3. Noise in an amplifier, of higher frequency than drift, but lower than power-line ...
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