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z-culling

z-culling noun: the elimination of certain objects from the display that should not be rendered because they are behind objects that are closer to the viewer.

Noun

z-culling (uncountable)

  1. The elimination of certain objects from the display that should not be rendered because they are behind objects that are closer to the viewer.

Origin of z-culling

From z- + culling.

Questions about z-culling

What does z-culling mean?
Z-culling means the elimination of certain objects from the display that should not be rendered because they are behind objects that are closer to the viewer.
What part of speech is z-culling?
Z-culling is a noun.

Words near z-culling in the dictionary

  1. z-buffer
  2. z-buffering
  3. z-buffers
  4. Z-car
  5. Z-cars
  6. z-culling
  7. z-direction
  8. Z-DNA
  9. Z-drug
  10. Z-drugs
  11. z-fighting

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