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Midshot vs Backshot - What's the difference?

midshot | backshot | coordinate terms |

Backshot is a coordinate term of midshot.



As a noun midshot

is a point in time during the taking of a photograph.

As an adjective backshot is

having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.

midshot

English

Noun

(-)
  • A point in time during the taking of a photograph.
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    backshot

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a water wheel) Having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, sport)
  • (geology)

    • Coordinate terms

    * foreshot, midshot * undershot