backshine

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noun

Reflected light.

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Meanings

nounbackshine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableReflected light.

    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
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    [...] 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
verbbackshine (third-person singular simple present backshines, present participle backshining, simple past and past participle backshone or backshined)

present singular third person backshines · participle present backshining · participle past backshone · past backshone · participle past backshined · past backshined

  1. ambitransitiveTo reflect light; shine back.

Origin

From back + shine.

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APA

backshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshine

MLA

“backshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backshine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshine.

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