Flare
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Flare may refer to:
- Flare (pyrotechnic), a luminous device often used for signaling
- Flare (countermeasure), an aerial countermeasure against heat-seeking missiles
- Flare (breakdance move), a move employed in breakdancing
- Flare (magazine), a Canadian fashion and style magazine
- Flare (science fiction novel) by Roger Zelazny and Thomas Timoux Thomas
- Flare, a parachute landing manoeuvre
- A Black magic spell featured throughout the Final Fantasy series
- The re-occurrence of symptoms after a period of remission in Fibromyalgia and Lupus erythematosus
- Flare (aviation), the rotation of the aircraft's nose up, used at the final part of landing to arrest the descent rate before touch down.
- A Wing-In-Ground effect vehicle, also known as a flarecraft
The word flare can also be used in the context of:
- Xara Flare a file format in computing
- Mylene Flare Jenius (ミレーヌF ジーナス, Mirēnu F. Jīnasu), a fictional character in the Macross universe
- Solar flare, an eruption of plasma from the surface of the sun
- Satellite flare, a phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces on satellites
- In plumbing, the expansion flare on the end of a pipe
- Flare Technology, a corporation
- Gas flare or flare stack, a type of chimney
- Lens flare, a phenomenon which occurs when observing bright sources of light
- Flares, a style of trousers, also known as bell-bottoms
- The Flares, a doo wop group