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backlighting

backlighting is the present participle and gerund of backlight.

Meaning of backlight

Verb

backlight (third-person singular simple present backlights, present participle backlighting, simple past and past participle backlighted or backlit)

  1. (transitive) 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 June 2, James R. Oestreich, “Strange, Faraway Fantasies of Hell and Paradise”, in New York Times

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Noun

backlighting (uncountable)

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

Questions about backlighting

What does backlighting mean?
Backlighting means the illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
What is backlighting the present participle and gerund of?
Backlighting is the present participle and gerund of backlight.
What part of speech is backlighting?
Backlighting is a noun.

Words near backlighting in the dictionary

  1. backlets
  2. backlift
  3. backlifts
  4. backlight
  5. backlighted
  6. backlighting
  7. backlights
  8. backline
  9. backliner
  10. backliners
  11. backlines

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