backlight

UK/ˈbæk.laɪt/US/ˈbæk.laɪt/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: backlights

Backlight is light coming from behind the subject. Shoot into the backlight.

It puts a rim of light round the edges and throws the face into shadow. Backlight also names the lamp behind a screen that makes it visible at all.

Definitions of backlight

1nounbacklightLight coming from behind the subject.B2
“The backlight through the trees made the whole picture.”

backlight is light.

Where it comes from

Back plus light, from the position of the source.

From back + light.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Photography & Film

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backlight in the wild

Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but instead use a backlight or reflector to produce images in color or monochrome.
Liquid-crystal display
The utilization of LED backlighting enables some AMLCDs (mostly televisions) to employ methods like localized dimming to increase their perceived contrast ratio.
Active-matrix liquid-crystal display
A backlight is a form of illumination used in liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) that provides light from the back or side of a display panel.
Backlight
Typical light sources for backlights include light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs).
Backlight
Indiglo is a product feature on watches marketed by Timex, incorporating an electroluminescent panel as a backlight for even illumination of the watch dial.
Indiglo

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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