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bump mapping

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
bump map-ping
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique where a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is applied to each pixel, based on a texture map, prior to calculating the illumination, so as to produce a richer, more detailed surface representation.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

bump-mapped

Questions

What does bump mapping mean?
A technique where a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is applied to each pixel, based on a texture map, prior to calculating the illumination, so as to produce a richer, more detailed surface representation.

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