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billboarding

billboarding noun: a technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular to the camera without respect to camera movement. Also the present participle and gerund of billboard.

Noun

billboarding (uncountable)

  1. A technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular to the camera without respect to camera movement.
    • Early first-person shooter games used billboarding for enemies rather than full character models.

Also used as

billboarding is also the present participle and gerund of billboard.

Questions about billboarding

What does billboarding mean?
Billboarding means a technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular to the camera without respect to camera movement.
What part of speech is billboarding?
Billboarding is a noun.

Words near billboarding in the dictionary

  1. billboard antennae
  2. billboard antennas
  3. billboarded
  4. Billboardese
  5. billboardesque
  6. billboarding
  7. billboardless
  8. billboardlike
  9. billboards
  10. billbook
  11. billbooks

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