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crosslight

noun 6
verb 1
forms 4

noun6

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Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
- Use crosslight on the coat to show the warp and woof, and bring out texture. — 1942
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Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
- Again, the crosslight is best designed to angle slightly upstage taking care not to produce shadows on backings. — 1967
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Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
- In building a stable for horses only, where you can have light as you wish, I would say always have crosslight, so that the rays will cross as near where the horse stands as possible. — 1897
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A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
- When the crosslight turned green, silence was much less perilous. — 1972
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(figurative) Multiple perspectives or points of view.
- There is sometimes an advantage, however, in getting a double light, or a crosslight, on a subject; or, in other words, in letting two men explain the same point. — 1898
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(figurative) One of a number of differing points of view.
- The incident of the palm was interesting in throwing an illuminative crosslight on the gentler human side of a man who had generally been rated as without either gentleness or humanity. — 1921

verb1

To illuminate from the side.

forms

crosslighted · crosslit · crosslighting · crosslights

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