"antiportal" meaning in English

See antiportal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: antiportals [plural]
Etymology: anti- + portal Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|portal}} anti- + portal Head templates: {{en-noun}} antiportal (plural antiportals)
  1. (computer graphics) A defined plane or volume that can never be seen through, and which thus reduces the number of calculations involved in rendering a three-dimensional scene. Wikipedia link: antiportal Categories (topical): Computer graphics Related terms: portal rendering

Inflected forms

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