Silhouette
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A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with ablack color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears tobe.
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A dark image outlined again a lighter background
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a form of subtle exhibitionism where a couple has sex so that their silhouettes can be seen on the curtains or in a tent
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A shooting game sponsered by the NRA where shooters shoot silhouettes of Chickens, Pigs, Turkeys, and Rams at distances ranging from 40 meters to 500 meters, depending on the game being played. It is a timed event and normally the shooters have a 30
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At night, a [car] that usually has a dark paint job, and no headlights on. It can literally come out of nowhere, as it is nothing but a silhouette of a vehicle.
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Silhouette is a suite of products for imaging, measuring and documenting soft tissue and skin lesions, including wounds. A software product by ARANZ Medical
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The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.
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To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
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an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
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a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
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project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
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represent by a silhouette
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An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
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A silhouette (English: SIL-oo-ET, French: [silwɛt]) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhouette is usually presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline, which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic media, but were first used to describe pieces of cut paper, which were then stuck to a backing in a contrasting colour, and often framed.
Cutting portraits, generally in profile, from black card became popular in the mid-18th century, though the term silhouette was seldom used until the early decades of the 19th century, and the tradition has continued under this name into the 21st century. They represented a cheap but effective alternative to the portrait miniature, and skilled specialist artists could cut a high-quality bust portrait, by far the most common style, in a matter of minutes, working purely by eye. Other artists, especially from about 1790, drew an outline on paper, then painted it in, which could be equally quick.
From its original graphic meaning, the term silhouette has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Anything that appears this way, for example, a figure standing backlit in a doorway, may be described as in silhouette. Because a silhouette emphasises the outline, the word has also been used in the fields of fashion and fitness to describe the shape of a persons body or the shape created by wearing clothing of a particular style or period.
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