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(uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts..
Each great party has felt itself in honor bound to justify its men and measures by elaborate argument, and so it has resulted that the light of science has been too often a crosslight, obscuring what it sought to illumine.
Use crosslight on the coat to show the warp and woof, and bring out texture.
This positioning will create a crosslight that will leave half your subject in shadow.
Such a crosslight emphasizes and defines the forms of trees, buildings, hills and valleys and produces a picture with strong contrasts of darkagainst-light.
When the crosslight turned green, silence was much less perilous.
Again, the crosslight is best designed to angle slightly upstage taking care not to produce shadows on backings.
Quick buffo comedy requires the clarity of the straight play, while sustained romantic anguish flourishes in atmospheric backlights and crosslight.
In building a stable for horses only, where you can have light as you wish, I would say always have crosslight, so that the rays will cross as near where the horse stands as possible.
Use crosslight when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crosslight means (uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts..
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Each great party has felt itself in honor bound to justify its men and measures by elaborate argument, and so it has resulted that the light of science has been too often a crosslight, obscuring what it sought to illumine.
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