Definitions of background
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information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; " the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
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extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; " they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
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Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
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The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
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Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
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A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
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The distant portion of the landscape; the portion of a picture farthest away from the spectator, or lying between or above the chief figures; the whole of a surface upon which patterns or designs are executed; that which is dimly seen because it is far away; a place obscure or out of sight; that which is back of something and against which it can be looked at or viewed.
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Ground at the back: a place of obscurity: the space behind the principal figures of a picture.
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Ground in the rear; part of a picture which seems to extend behind the figures.
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The part of a picture which is represented as behind the principal objects; a subordinate position; obscurlty.
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Ground in the rear or behind; parts dimly seen; in a picture, the part behind and subordinate to the principal figures.