backshine

English

Etymology

From back +‎ shine.

Noun

backshine (uncountable)

1. Reflected light.
   • 1973, Edward Grant Brame, Applied spectroscopy reviews:

     [...] laser beam is a Brewster window for reducing backshine of the laser beam into the detectors placed behind the observation windows.

   • 1991, Yoshihiko Ikegami, The Empire of signs: semiotic essays on Japanese culture:

     He also speaks of the manifold images which these signs evoke as 'backshine.'

   • 2011, Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky:

     The Eyes Above's shadow was clearly visible now, surrounded by just a halo of backshine.

Verb

backshine (third-person singular simple present backshines, present participle backshining, simple past and past participle backshone or backshined)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To reflect light; shine back.