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ray casting

ray casting noun: the calculation of intersections between a ray and a surface.

Noun

ray casting (uncountable)

  1. The calculation of intersections between a ray and a surface.

Forms of ray casting

alternative formraycasting

Origin of ray casting

First used in a 1982 paper by Scott Roth.

Questions about ray casting

What does ray casting mean?
Ray casting means the calculation of intersections between a ray and a surface.
What part of speech is ray casting?
Ray casting is a noun.

Words near ray casting in the dictionary

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  2. raxing
  3. raxle
  4. raxofelast
  5. ray
  6. ray casting
  7. Ray County
  8. ray floret
  9. ray florets
  10. ray grass
  11. ray grasses

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