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controluce — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • silhouette noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.

Senses

controluce is used for these senses in English:

  • silhouette An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

silhouette — full definition

  1. noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.
  2. verb To appear or be shown as a dark outline against light.

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