Usually means: Sudden ignition of core helium.
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  1. helium flash: Collins English Dictionary
  2. helium flash: Wiktionary
  3. Helium flash: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. helium flash: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. helium flash: Encyclopedia

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  1. Helium Flash: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Helium Flash: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (helium flash)

noun:  (astronomy) The sudden beginning of the burning of helium in the core of stars of intermediate mass or on the surface of an accreting white dwarf.

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