backlighting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of backlighting
Vocabulary lists containing backlighting
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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Example Sentences
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There is a traditional steering wheel, knobs and levers, while the screens consist of so-called organic light-emitting diodes, which don’t require backlighting, to create a more analog feel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Chloe Harmer, 20, used backlighting strips on her mirror in her uni room.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
In the case of “Dancing Through Life,” the heinous backlighting detracted from the majesty of the film’s practical set pieces in the same scene.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
To unveil the distribution of CO ice within this vast cloud, the researchers required intense backlighting from stars and hot gas.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
The sun had just gone down, and its afterglow was backlighting the city, which formed low cliffs around the bucolic void to the idle stockyards.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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