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shadow volume

shadow volume noun: the spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.

Noun

shadow volume (countable and uncountable, plural shadow volumes)

  1. The spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.

Forms of shadow volume

pluralshadow volumes

Questions about shadow volume

What does shadow volume mean?
Shadow volume means the spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.
What part of speech is shadow volume?
Shadow volume is a noun.
What is the plural of shadow volume?
The plural of shadow volume is shadow volumes.

Words near shadow volume in the dictionary

  1. shadow stock
  2. shadow stocks
  3. shadow trade
  4. shadow trades
  5. shadow trading
  6. shadow volume
  7. shadow volumes
  8. shadow war
  9. shadow wars
  10. shadow witch
  11. shadow witches

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