Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.

    The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.

    Egg candling uses backlight to look for chick embryos.

  2. Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.

    (countable)A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.

  3. (uncountable)Light that is behind a photographic subject.

  4. (countable)A light attached to an LCD display.

    подсве́ткаpodsvétka

  5. (countable)The rear window of a motor car.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The keyboard is backlit.

    Клавіатура має підсвітку.

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  2. The only pictures there are of Tom are backlit, meaning you can only see his silhouette.

    deDie einzigen Bilder, die es von Tom gibt, sind mit Gegenlicht, das heißt, man sieht im Grunde nur seine Silhouette.

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  3. The only pictures there are of Tom are backlit, which in essence means you can only see him in silhouette.

    deDie einzigen Bilder, die es von Tom gibt, sind mit Gegenlicht, das heißt, man sieht im Grunde nur seine Silhouette.

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  4. Tom is backlit in this picture. That's why you can't make out his face.

    deTom sitzt auf diesem Bild im Gegenlicht. Sein Gesicht kann man daher nicht erkennen.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
light attached to an LCD display:

Origin

From back + light.

From back + light.

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Forms

plural: backlights
Singularbacklight
Pluralbacklights

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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