…a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well…
…a dwarf star which displays spasmodic outbursts of radiation, believed to be due to extremely intense flares…
…a brief eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun’s surface, associated with sunspots and causing radio and magnetic disturbances on the earth…
…a brilliant white flare containing metallic magnesium wire or ribbon…
…a pyrotechnic signal flare that is carried up into the air by a rocket and floats suspended from a small parachute…
