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backlight
[ bak-lahyt ]
noun
- Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background:
Put a backlight on that rain to make it more visible in this evening shot.
- Electronics. the light source, often LED arrays, behind the screen of a flat-screen electronic display, as a television, computer monitor, or smartphone:
A full-array LED backlight gives the picture a deeper color range than an edge-lit screen would.
verb (used with object)
, back·light·ed or back·lit, back·light·ing.
- to illuminate from behind: The hallway lamp backlit Mom when she cracked our bedroom door to check on us and whisper goodnight.
One of the wedding photos is just a silhouette of the couple backlighted by the sunset on the beach.
The hallway lamp backlit Mom when she cracked our bedroom door to check on us and whisper goodnight.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of backlight1
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Example Sentences
Willis's taxi ran on past the other, and through the backlight the inspector saw Archer alight and pass into the hotel.
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