backlight
[ bak-lahyt ]
/ ˈbækˌlaɪt /
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noun
Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background: Put a backlight on that rain to make it more visible in this evening shot.
Electronics. the light source, often LED arrays, behind the screen of a flat-screen electronic display, as a television, computer monitor, or smartphone: A full-array LED backlight gives the picture a deeper color range than an edge-lit screen would.
verb (used with object), back·light·ed or back·lit, back·light·ing.
to illuminate from behind: One of the wedding photos is just a silhouette of the couple backlighted by the sunset on the beach.The hallway lamp backlit Mom when she cracked our bedroom door to check on us and whisper goodnight.
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British Dictionary definitions for backlight
back light
noun
light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
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