Usually means: Illumination source behind display screen.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word backlight:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. backlight: Merriam-Webster
  2. backlight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backlight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backlight: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Backlight, backlight: Wordnik
  6. backlight: Wiktionary
  7. backlight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. backlight: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. backlight: Dictionary.com
  10. Backlight (TV program), Backlight (disambiguation), Backlight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. backlight: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. backlight: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backlight: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backlight: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (backlight)

noun:  (uncountable) Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention.
noun:  (countable) A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.
noun:  (uncountable) Light that is behind a photographic subject.
noun:  (countable) A light attached to an LCD display.
noun:  (countable) The rear window of a motor car.
verb:  (transitive) To illuminate something from behind.

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