foreground

The foreground stands in the literal sense for:

• Objects that are directly in front of the viewer's gaze, see perspective
• a “front” image area in photography and painting that seems to be closest to the viewer and that dominates the image
• spatial relationships in astronomy when objects are close
  • move noticeably in front of more distant (see occultation , double star and parallax )
  • should be distinguished from those behind it, e.g. B. Moon or planets in front of the star background , galaxies in front of galaxy clusters behind

In a figurative sense, the foreground is used:

• In IT in processes, when a running process or program is assigned to a user, in contrast to the background process
• if, for example, a topic, a problem or an argument is "in the foreground" (= is particularly important)
• when a thought "moves to the foreground" (= attracts attention)

See also

• background
• Optical illusion # Relativity of size

Web links

Wiktionary: Foreground  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations