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Definition of direct lighting

: lighting in which the greater part of the light goes directly from the source to the area lit

Examples of direct lighting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some other graphical improvements coming to Minecraft, thanks to ray tracing, include direct lighting from the sun, more realistic shadows, and transparent materials like stained glass and water with reflection and refraction effects. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Minecraft will get ray tracing for Nvidia RTX graphics cards," 19 Aug. 2019

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1928, in the meaning defined above

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“Direct lighting.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct%20lighting. Accessed 11 December 2019.

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