Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

utah teapot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: utah teapot
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A three-dimensional mathematical model of a teapot, often used as a reference object to test or assess a rendering technique.

Example Sentences

"The preceding figure shows the Utah teapot, a popular benchmark for surfaces. The teapot is textured by a random polka-dot pattern."
"Figure 23.7 demonstrates our smoothing operator applied to a preliminary 3D scan conversion of the Utah teapot."
"At the RfB site you will find the complete dataset for the Utah teapot and Gumbo. You are encouraged to use them in your own RenderMan renders […]"

Etymology

After the University of Utah, whose researcher Martin Newell designed the model in 1975.

Inflected Forms

Utah teapots (plural)

Synonyms

Newell teapot

Questions

What does utah teapot mean?: A three-dimensional mathematical model of a teapot, often used as a reference object to test or assess a rendering technique.
Where does utah teapot come from?: After the University of Utah, whose researcher Martin Newell designed the model in 1975.

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