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supercover

supercover noun: a set of all of the pixels or voxels etc. that intersect a given object.

Noun

supercover (plural supercovers)

  1. A set of all of the pixels or voxels etc. that intersect a given object.
    • Supercovers may contain "bubbles", i.e. many digitization pixels for one point points with half-integer coordinates for instance).2005, Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, page 349
    • an expanded part of the reconstructed object using supercovers2012, Valentin E. Brimkov, Reneta P. Barneva, Digital Geometry Algorithms (page 349)

Forms of supercover

pluralsupercovers

Origin of supercover

super- + cover

Questions about supercover

What does supercover mean?
Supercover means a set of all of the pixels or voxels etc. that intersect a given object.
What part of speech is supercover?
Supercover is a noun.
What is the plural of supercover?
The plural of supercover is supercovers.

Words near supercover in the dictionary

  1. supercounterfluid
  2. supercounterfluids
  3. supercouple
  4. supercouples
  5. supercovariant
  6. supercover
  7. supercovers
  8. supercow
  9. supercows
  10. supercozy
  11. supercrat

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