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texture map

texture map noun: a matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping.

Noun

texture map (plural texture maps)

  1. A matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping

Verb

texture map (third-person singular simple present texture maps, present participle texture mapping, simple past and past participle texture mapped)

  1. To map a texture to a three-dimensional model.

Forms of texture map

Noun
pluraltexture maps
Verb
third-person singular presenttexture maps
present participletexture mapping
past participletexture mapped
pasttexture mapped

Questions about texture map

What does texture map mean?
Texture map means a matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping.
What part of speech is texture map?
Texture map can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of texture map?
The plural of texture map is texture maps.

Words near texture map in the dictionary

  1. textura
  2. texturable
  3. textural
  4. texturally
  5. texture
  6. texture map
  7. texture mapped
  8. texture mapping
  9. texture maps
  10. textured
  11. textured vegetable protein

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