hard light

== English == === Noun === hard light (comics, science fiction) A solid, tangible hologram (projection of light), which can be used to construct structures such as walls or armor. 2009, Victor Kelleher, Spaceman Bill, in Fiction Gateway: Enriching the curriculum: Abstract: Yeng is a Zontoan from planet Zing who volunteers to go on an intergalactic mission to a distant planet called Earth. Using a hard light drive, Yeng is able to project a solid hologram of himself, so that he appears as a stunningly handsome human […] (photography) Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light. ==== Alternative forms ==== (hologram): hard-light