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lightingnounThe equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
backlitLit or illuminated from behind.
illuminationnounThe act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
backdropnounThe setting or background of an acted performance.
accidental lightnoun(painting) A secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.
sidelightnounA light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
lightnoun(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
cameo lightingnounA sort of spotlight that accentuates a single person and possibly a few props in the scene.
lightscapenounAn illuminated environment; a lighting arrangement that picks out some details and obscures others.
shadownounA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
twilightnounThe soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
brightnessnounThe perceived luminance of an object.
shadowingnounThe situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
reflexnounAn automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
focusnoun(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
limenoun(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
reflectionnounThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
reading lightnounAn electric light which sheds light on reading material a person wants to read.
halationnounThe blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
transparencynoun(uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.

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