Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

global illumination

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
glob-al il-lu-mi-na-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The realistic lighting of a rendered scene by means of algorithms that take into account not only the direct illumination from light sources but also the indirect cases where light is reflected between surfaces in the scene.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

GI

Questions

What does global illumination mean?
The realistic lighting of a rendered scene by means of algorithms that take into account not only the direct illumination from light sources but also the indirect cases where light is reflected between surfaces in the scene.

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