"skydome" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skydomes [plural]
Etymology: sky + dome Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|dome}} sky + dome Head templates: {{en-noun}} skydome (plural skydomes)
  1. (video games, computer graphics) A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video games Related terms: skybox

Inflected forms

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