Backlight Definition
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backlighted, backlighting, backlights, backlit
noun
A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind.
American Heritage
Light or illumination from behind the person or thing being viewed.
Webster's New World
A light that amplifies the brightness of an LCD screen by illuminating it from behind.
American Heritage
A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.
Wiktionary
verb
To light from behind.
The photographer backlit the subject for a dramatic effect.
American Heritage
To light, or illuminate, from the rear or from the side away from the camera or the viewer.
Webster's New World
To illuminate something from behind.
Wiktionary
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