"Gouraud shading" meaning in English

See Gouraud shading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡuːˈɹəʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡuːˈɹoʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: Gouraud shadings [plural]
Etymology: From Henri Gouraud, French computer scientist. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} Gouraud shading (usually uncountable, plural Gouraud shadings)
  1. (computer graphics) A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model. Wikipedia link: Gouraud shading Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From Henri Gouraud, French computer scientist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gouraud shadings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Gouraud shading (usually uncountable, plural Gouraud shadings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computer graphics",
          "orig": "en:Computer graphics",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gouraud_shading-en-noun-SAIIopBb",
      "links": [
        [
          "computer graphics",
          "computer graphics"
        ],
        [
          "simulating",
          "simulate"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "surface normal",
          "surface normal"
        ],
        [
          "vertex",
          "vertex"
        ],
        [
          "polygonal",
          "polygonal"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer graphics) A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer-graphics",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Gouraud shading"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːˈɹəʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːˈɹoʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gouraud shading"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Henri Gouraud, French computer scientist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gouraud shadings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Gouraud shading (usually uncountable, plural Gouraud shadings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computer graphics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer graphics",
          "computer graphics"
        ],
        [
          "simulating",
          "simulate"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "surface normal",
          "surface normal"
        ],
        [
          "vertex",
          "vertex"
        ],
        [
          "polygonal",
          "polygonal"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer graphics) A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each vertex in a polygonal 3D model."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer-graphics",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Gouraud shading"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːˈɹəʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːˈɹoʊ ʃeɪdɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gouraud shading"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Gouraud shading meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (ee63ee9 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.