Sekirov Dictionary

backlight

/ˈbæk.laɪt/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 4

noun5

•
Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.
- The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.
- Egg candling uses backlight to look for chick embryos.
•
Light that is behind a photographic subject.
- If I do use backlight, it's not to separate the subject from the background; I use it to set a psychological mood, or to create a look. — 2006
A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.
A light attached to an LCD display.
The rear window of a motor car.

verb1

•
To illuminate something from behind.
- It offers few subtleties, but those can be effective, as when the chorus is backlighted in the rear of the auditorium to produce an ominous play of shadows onstage. — 2007

forms

backlighted · backlit · backlighting · backlights

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