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Phong shading

Phong shading noun: a technique for shading three-dimensional surfaces by interpolating surface normals across rasterized polygons and computing pixel colors based on the interpolated normals and a reflection model.

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Noun

Phong shading (uncountable)

  1. A technique for shading three-dimensional surfaces by interpolating surface normals across rasterized polygons and computing pixel colors based on the interpolated normals and a reflection model.

Synonyms of Phong shading

Origin of Phong shading

Developed by Bui Tuong Phong.

Questions about Phong shading

What does Phong shading mean?
Phong shading means a technique for shading three-dimensional surfaces by interpolating surface normals across rasterized polygons and computing pixel colors based on the interpolated normals and a reflection model.
What part of speech is Phong shading?
Phong shading is a noun.

Words near Phong shading in the dictionary

  1. Phong illumination
  2. Phong interpolation
  3. Phong lighting
  4. Phong reflection
  5. Phong reflections
  6. Phong shading
  7. phongee
  8. phongees
  9. phonghee
  10. phonghees
  11. phonghi

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