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game engine

game engine noun: a video game's software engine, which executes the core functionality of the game. It may also include the graphics engine.

Noun

game engine (plural game engines)

  1. A video game's software engine, which executes the core functionality of the game. It may also include the graphics engine.

Forms of game engine

pluralgame engines

Questions about game engine

What does game engine mean?
Game engine means a video game's software engine, which executes the core functionality of the game. It may also include the graphics engine.
What part of speech is game engine?
Game engine is a noun.
What is the plural of game engine?
The plural of game engine is game engines.

Words near game engine in the dictionary

  1. game days
  2. game dev
  3. game devs
  4. game drive
  5. game drives
  6. game engine
  7. game engines
  8. game face
  9. game faces
  10. game fish
  11. game fishes

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