Flare
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[edit] In culture and the arts
- Flare (Techno-Cultural Fest), a techno-cultural fest, celebrated every year at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
- Flare (acrobatic move), an acrobatic move employed in b-boying, commonly known as breakdance, and gymnastics
- Flare (comics), a female hero who is a member of the League of Champions
- Flare (magazine), a Canadian fashion and style magazine
- Flare (science fiction novel), a book by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas
- Flares (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
- Flare Acoustic Arts League, an experimental pop group led by LD Beghtol
- Bell-bottoms, a style of trousers sometimes referred to as flares
- Fully Flared, a skateboarding film by Lakai
- Mylene Flare Jenius (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 Down
- Flare, a black magic spell in the Final Fantasy series
[edit] 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), an aerial countermeasure against heat-seeking missiles
- Flarecraft, a wing-in-ground effect vehicle
- Flare, a parachute landing maneuver
[edit] In science, technology, and medicine
- Fluid attenuated inversion recovery, a pulse sequence used in magnetic resonance imaging, a medical diagnostic tool
- Flare (ship), a descriptive measure of hull shape
- Flare (pyrotechnic), a luminous device often used for signaling
- Flare fitting, an expansion flare on the end of a pipe in plumbing
- Flare-up, a recurrence or aggravation of symptoms of a medical condition
- Gas flare or "flare stack," a type of chimney
- Lens flare, unwanted reflections in optical systems which are a problem in photography and astronomy
- Slit lamp flare, when the beam of light is seen in the anterior chamber of the eye
[edit] In astronomy
- Flare star, a variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes
- Satellite flare, a phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces on satellites
- Solar flare, an eruption of plasma from the surface of the sun
[edit] In computing
- Flare Technology, a defunct computer hardware company
- Prefuse flare, a flash information visualization toolkit
- Xara Flare, a file format in computing
- Flare (software), a help authoring tool published by MadCap Software
[edit] See also
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