"prelight" meaning in All languages combined

See prelight on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prelights [present, singular, third-person], prelighting [participle, present], prelit [participle, past], prelit [past], prelighted [participle, past], prelighted [past]
Etymology: pre- + light Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|light}} pre- + light Head templates: {{en-verb|prelights|prelighting|prelit|past2=prelighted|past_ptc2=prelighted}} prelight (third-person singular simple present prelights, present participle prelighting, simple past and past participle prelit or prelighted)
  1. (transitive, chiefly computer graphics) To illuminate in advance. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prelight meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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