The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.
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Backlight
//ˈbæk.laɪt//
Synonyms for "backlight"
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Translations
31 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- contraclaror noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- contrallum noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- retroil·luminació noun (light attached to an LCD display)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 後擋風玻璃 /后挡风玻璃 noun (rear window of a motor car)
- 後窗 /后窗 noun (rear window of a motor car)
- 背光 noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- 背光模組 /背光模组 noun (light attached to an LCD display)
Dutch
3 entries- achterruit noun (rear window of a motor car)
- backlight noun (light attached to an LCD display)
- tegenlicht noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
Esperanto
1 entries- fonlumo noun (light attached to an LCD display)
Finnish
4 entries- takaikkuna noun (rear window of a motor car)
- taustavalo noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- taustavalo noun (light attached to an LCD display)
- taustavalaista verb (illuminate something from behind)
French
4 entries- contrejour noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- lunette arrière noun (rear window of a motor car)
- rétroéclairage noun (light attached to an LCD display)
- rétro-éclairer verb (illuminate something from behind)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenfény noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
Italian
2 entries- retroilluminazione noun (light attached to an LCD display)
- illuminare dal di dietro verb (illuminate something from behind)
Portuguese
1 entries- retroiluminação noun (light attached to an LCD display)
Russian
1 entries- подсве́тка noun (light attached to an LCD display)
Spanish
3 entries- contraluz noun (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
- retroiluminación noun (light attached to an LCD display)
- retroiluminar verb (illuminate something from behind)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Egg candling uses backlight to look for chick embryos.
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If I do use backlight, it's not to separate the subject from the background; I use it to set a psychological mood, or to create a look.
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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.
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