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{{languages|Stray Light}}
{{languages|Stray Light}}
[[Category:2.2 Optical Apparatus]
[[Category:2.2 Optical Apparatus]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]

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Light issuing from a source or optical apparatus in undesired directions.


Note: In the particular case when light is reflected by the lantern glazing (panes), the light is said to produce False Flashes.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)