Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viewport

/ˈvjuːpɔː(ɹ)t/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: view-port
IPA: /ˈvjuːpɔː(ɹ)t/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A viewing window.

noun

A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).

verb

To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"acrylic plastic viewports in pressure vessels for human occupancy"
"Dragging the scroll-bar changes which part of the picture is visible within the viewport."
"Some general ideas on clipping, viewporting, and windowing can be found in Rogers and Adams."
"Viewporting is an operation that takes the portion of the picture that has been mapped into the square region delimited by -1,+1,-1,+1 and further maps it into a rectangular subregion of the screen (a viewport)."
"The main thing I want you to take away from this chapter is knowing where to start and creating a very simple viewported web site using nothing more than an extra tag and simple HTML."

Etymology

From view + port.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

viewports (plural) viewports (present, singular) viewporting (participle, present) viewported (participle, past) viewported (past)

Rhymes With

newport

Questions

How do you pronounce viewport?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvjuːpɔː(ɹ)t/.
What does viewport mean?: A viewing window.
Where does viewport come from?: From view + port.

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