# backface

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The back side of a face of a mesh, which typically will never face the camera and can thus be culled (discarded) from the list of items to be rendered.

## Etymology
From back + face.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/backface