A flare is a device that produces brilliant light and intense heat without explosion, used for lighting, signaling, decoration or as aerial defense countermeasure

Flare may also refer to:

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

Aviation

  • Landing flare, 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

Computing

  • Flare Technology, a defunct computer hardware company
  • Xara Flare, a file format in computing

Culture and arts

  • Flare (Techno-Cultural Fest), a techno-cultural fest, celebrated every year at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
  • Bell-bottoms, a style of trousers sometimes referred to as "flares"

Engineering

  • Flare (ship), a descriptive measure of hull shape
  • Flare fitting, an expansion flare on the end of a pipe in plumbing
  • Gas flare or "flare stack", a gas combustion device used at industrial plants and work sites, especially those involving petroleum or natural gas
  • Routine flaring, the practice of disposing of massive amounts of petroleum gas during crude oil extraction

Media

  • Flare (film), a 2014 French-Japanese film starring Mayuko Fukuda
  • Flare (album), a 2008 album by Hitomi Shimatani
  • Flare (scratch), a type of scratch used by turntablists
  • "Flare", a song by pop punk band Relient K on the album Forget and Not Slow Down
  • Flare, a female hero who is a member of the League of Champions
  • Flare (magazine), a Canadian fashion and style magazine
  • Flare (novel), a 1992 book by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas
  • The Flare, a fictional TV series with an aftershow What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
  • "Flare", a song by Disarmonia Mundi from their EP The Restless Memoirs, from Nebularium

Medicine

  • Flare-up, a recurrence or aggravation of symptoms of a medical condition
  • An occurrence during slit lamp examinations

Photography

  • Lens flare, unwanted reflections in optical systems that are a problem in photography and astronomy
  • Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, a pulse sequence used in magnetic resonance imaging, a medical diagnostic tool

Other

  • Flare (acrobatic move), an acrobatic move employed in breakdancing and gymnastics
  • Flare (phone), an Android smartphone
  • Flares (horse) (born 1933), American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse
  • , a 1972 Cypriot-registered bulk carrier
  • Team Flare, a fictional villainous team from Pokémon X and Y
  • The central disease in The Maze Runner (book series).

See also

  • Flair (disambiguation)
  • Solar flare (disambiguation)