FLARE

'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 final part of landing where the nose is raised, or "flared" to arrest the descent rate before touch down.
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