Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In topographical mapping, a method of representing the relief or vertical irregularities of the topographical surveys mapped by representing the shadows (caused by an imaginary source of illumination situated at one side) east by the mountains and other vertical irregularities. The method is an alternative of the methods of vertical lighting and of horizontal contours.
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Examples
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It will light up a good portion of any room or provide highlighting and side-lighting.
Sell A House With Creative Photo Lighting | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Using both side and overhead lighting or strictly side-lighting alone creates a cozy and warm atmosphere that lifts spirits rather than depressing them!
Ellen Whitehurst: Thanksgiving Feng Shui: 7 Tips to Take the Bite out of Turkey Day Ellen Whitehurst 2010
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Using both side and overhead lighting or strictly side-lighting alone creates a cozy and warm atmosphere that lifts spirits rather than depressing them!
Ellen Whitehurst: Thanksgiving Feng Shui: 7 Tips to Take the Bite out of Turkey Day Ellen Whitehurst 2010
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But the cast's noteworthiness aside, it is the production - directed by Chas Rader-Shieber, designed by David Zinn - that grabbed attention, along with Christopher Akerlind's moody side-lighting, and was so much fun to watch.
Donna Perlmutter: Opera Review: Domingo Sings One More for the Road 2009
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It will light up a good portion of any room or provide highlighting and side-lighting.
Sell A House With Creative Photo Lighting | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Authority is high-contrast, heavy side-lighting and NO pastels.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Bush’s Ratings Drop After Speech 2005
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She turned her head slowly, and when the light from the overhead chandelier slanted across her face, side-lighting it and silhouetting her profile against the dark wallpaper just behind her, I said, "Don't move, don't breathe."
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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Carolyn Wong's lighting is marvelous: There is one especially fine use of strong side-lighting, whereby dancers are pronged by two separate beams from contrasting angles on the audience's left.
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011
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Mr Walklate said the badminton stadium - inside the sports centre - was painted black, with side-lighting and badminton-specific lines.
Star News Group 2010
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Mr Walklate said the badminton stadium - inside the sports centre - was painted black, with side-lighting and badminton-specific lines.
Star News Group 2010
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