splatting

/ˈsplætɪŋ/

splatting is the present participle and gerund of splat.

Noun

splatting (usually uncountable, plural splattings)

(usually) A sound or action that splats.
- the splatting of water on the stone floor
(usually) A method for combining different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.

splat (third-person singular simple present splats, present participle splatting, simple past and past participle splatted)

(intransitive) To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
- The egg splatted onto the floor.
(transitive) To splatter.
- She splatted the roach with her shoe.
(transitive) To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
- Figure 6: Checkerboard rendering using two different screen space surface splatting algorithms.2003, Thomas Ertl, Vision, Modeling, and Visualization 2003: Proceedings, page 491

plural	splattings

The computing term was coined by Charles Bloom.

What does splatting mean?: Splatting means a sound or action that splats.
What is splatting the present participle and gerund of?: Splatting is the present participle and gerund of splat.
What part of speech is splatting?: Splatting is a noun.
How do you pronounce splatting?: Splatting is pronounced /ˈsplætɪŋ/.
What is the plural of splatting?: The plural of splatting is splattings.

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