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displacement mapping

displacement mapping noun: a method for adding detail to surfaces by subdivision and displacement of the resulting vertices from a heightmap.

displacement mapping: a method for adding detail to surfaces by subdivision and displacement of the resulting vertices...
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Noun

displacement mapping (uncountable)

  1. A method for adding detail to surfaces by subdivision and displacement of the resulting vertices from a heightmap.

Questions about displacement mapping

What does displacement mapping mean?
Displacement mapping means a method for adding detail to surfaces by subdivision and displacement of the resulting vertices from a heightmap.
What part of speech is displacement mapping?
Displacement mapping is a noun.

Words near displacement mapping in the dictionary

  1. displacement
  2. displacement activities
  3. displacement activity
  4. displacement current
  5. displacement currents
  6. displacement mapping
  7. displacement speed
  8. displacement speeds
  9. displacement ton
  10. displacement tons
  11. displacements

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