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shadow volumes

shadow volumes is the plural of shadow volume.

Meaning of shadow volume

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.

Questions about shadow volumes

What is shadow volumes the plural of?
Shadow volumes is the plural of shadow volume.

Words near shadow volumes in the dictionary

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

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