key light

noun

Definition of key light

: the main light illuminating a photographic subject

Examples of key light in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One stand-out feature is a jam mode in which keys light up with the chords and scales of a song. James Vincent, The Verge, "A light-up keyboard from Roli teaches you to play piano like it’s Guitar Hero," 18 June 2019 So Molnar and his partners spent a couple years working on that design, simultaneously trying to convince the FAA that gyroplanes could be engineered safe enough to be sold as turn-key light sport aircraft. Steven Kotler, Esquire, "We're So Close to Having the Flying Car. But Will We Ever Drive One?," 18 May 2015

First Known Use of key light

circa 1937, in the meaning defined above

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