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backshine en · NOUN

Etymology

From back + shine.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Reflected light.
   • [...] laser beam is a Brewster window for reducing backshine of the laser beam into the detectors placed behind the observation windows. 1973, Edward Grant Brame, Applied spectroscopy reviews:
   • The Eyes Above's shadow was clearly visible now, surrounded by just a halo of backshine. 2011, Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky:
   • He also speaks of the manifold images which these signs evoke as 'backshine.' 1991, Yoshihiko Ikegami, The Empire of signs: semiotic essays on Japanese culture:

backshine en · VERB

Etymology

From back + shine.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To reflect light; shine back.

Forms