hard light

Noun

 * 1)  A solid, tangible hologram (projection of light), which can be used to construct structures such as walls or armor.
 * 2) * 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
 * 1)  Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.
 * 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
 * 1)  Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.
 * 1)  Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.
 * 1)  Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.

Alternative forms

 * hard-light