light filter

1. 1.

   a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it

   Synonymsdiffusing screen

   Broaderfilter

Questions about light filter

What does light filter mean?

light filter means "a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it".

What is another word for light filter?

Close synonyms include diffusing screen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is light filter a common word?

light filter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.