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backshine

noun

Etymology

From back + shine.

  1. inherited from *skainijaną✻
  2. inherited from scǣnan — “to render brilliant, make shine”
  3. inherited from schenen
  4. derived from scīn — “brightness, shine”
  5. derived from schinen
  6. formed as backshine — “back + shine”

Definitions

  1. Reflected light.

    • [...] laser beam is a Brewster window for reducing backshine of the laser beam into the detectors placed behind the observation windows.
    • He also speaks of the manifold images which these signs evoke as 'backshine.'
    • The Eyes Above's shadow was clearly visible now, surrounded by just a halo of backshine.

  2. To reflect light

    To reflect light; shine back.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backshine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA