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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:

• 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

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

• 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"

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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
• MV Flare, 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).

• Flair (disambiguation)
• Solar flare (disambiguation)

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