Definition of Backlighting

1. Noun. Lighting from behind.

Generic synonyms: Lighting

Definition of Backlighting

1. Verb. (present participle of backlight) ¹

2. Noun. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backlighting

1. backlight [v] - See also: backlight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backlighting

backjoints
backjumping
backland
backlands
backlash
backlashed
backlasher
backlashers
backlashes
backlashing
backless
backlift
backlifts
backlight
backlighted
backlighting (current term)
backlights
backline
backlines
backlink
backlinks
backlist
backlisted
backlisting
backlists
backlit
backload
backloaded
backloading
backloadings

Literary usage of Backlighting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting by International Energy Agency (2006)
"In this section some of the main current and potential near term applications are reviewed and assessed from an energy-efficiency perspective. backlighting ..."

2. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"On moving to the next i'istrument station, the — " ~f ia oriented by inverting and backlighting, as explained in Art n. Magnetic "*-"-! of courses may be ..."

3. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"... strips and squares of paper and had to be read by backlighting with a pocket flashlight. The town records of Natick have recently been conserved, ..."

4. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"(7) Take all side shots. (6) Additional suggestions. (1) It makes no difference whether the telescope is normal or inverted when backlighting if the limb is ..."

5. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"... backlighting, and manual seedling placement in a specified location was developed for nondestructively measuring morphological properties of forest ..."

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