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spacecut

spacecut noun: an animated visual effect in which one polyhedron intersects another, forming an empty space where their volumes overlap.

Noun

spacecut (plural spacecuts)

  1. An animated visual effect in which one polyhedron intersects another, forming an empty space where their volumes overlap.
    • Also, since part of a polygon (facet) of one object might be obscured by that of another intersecting object, I would assume that the standard Z-sort alogrithms^([sic]) would not be enough. Does this mean that I would have to use Z-buffering, or tessellate (sp?) the resultant (possibly nonconvex)...1993, Keith Lau, “More help needed! Spacecuts, etc ...”, in comp.graphics (Usenet)
    • Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!1995, dro...@vnet.ibm.com, “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet)

Forms of spacecut

pluralspacecuts

Origin of spacecut

From space + cut.

Questions about spacecut

What does spacecut mean?
Spacecut means an animated visual effect in which one polyhedron intersects another, forming an empty space where their volumes overlap.
What part of speech is spacecut?
Spacecut is a noun.
What is the plural of spacecut?
The plural of spacecut is spacecuts.

Words near spacecut in the dictionary

  1. spacecraft
  2. spacecraft bus
  3. spacecraft buses
  4. Spacecraft Event Time
  5. spacecrafts
  6. spacecut
  7. spacecuts
  8. spaced
  9. spaced out
  10. spaced repetition
  11. spaced-out

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