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🎛️ Lighting control panel 📝 Lit writing board
lightboard

lightboard

6.3
A panel that controls and programs stage lights during performances
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪtˌbɔrd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mesa de luz
  • He expertly programmed the lightboard to enhance the visual impact of the musical with vibrant colors.

Examples

  • The master electrician had an Aiwa negative ion pulsar going over by the lightboard in the control room.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • But that won't happen for nine more minutes, the lightboard suspended over the platform tells me.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Dr. Choudry, at her last appointment, had clipped X-rays of her chest to a lightboard and pointed out the cloudy areas where fluid lay trapped.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The technician adjusted the settings on the lightboard to create a dramatic effect for the play's final scene.

  • During the performance, the director communicated cues through the lightboard to coordinate the lighting changes.

Synonyms

board
vslightboard
  • Specialized
167 5.4

A flat panel inside electronic devices that holds small parts

is the specific panel for programming and adjusting theatrical lighting during performances

How Complex

lighting
207 3.1
lightboard
  • Specialized
6.3
dimmer
  • Specialized
16 3.4

Surface Forms

lightboard singular
lightboards plural

Morphology

lightboard = light + board (transparent) = light + board

The meaning 'panel for controlling lights' is directly inferable from 'light' + 'board' following common compound patterns (e.g., switchboard, soundboard).

Etymology

Lightboard comes from the simple parts light 'brightness' and board 'panel', and you can think of it like a soundboard or switchboard but for lights. So a lightboard is the control panel used to 'operate' the stage lighting, which is why the name fits its job.