background

• scenery hung at back of stage
• a person´s social heritage: previous experience or training
• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
• the state of the environment in which a situation exists
• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
• understate the importance or quality of
• Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front
• The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures
• Anything behind, serving as a foil
• A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight

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