"blorph" meaning in English

See blorph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /blɔː(ɹ)f/ Forms: blorphs [plural]
enPR: blô(r)f Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f Etymology: Blend of blend + morph. (coined by Ken Ralston/Sony Pictures Imageworks) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|blend|morph}} Blend of blend + morph Head templates: {{en-noun}} blorph (plural blorphs)
  1. (computer graphics, animation) A visual effects technique in which an entire setting morphs from one appearance into another (as opposed to the morphing of an object or character within that setting). Categories (topical): Animation, Computer graphics

Verb

IPA: /blɔː(ɹ)f/ Forms: blorphs [present, singular, third-person], blorphing [participle, present], blorphed [participle, past], blorphed [past]
enPR: blô(r)f Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f Etymology: Blend of blend + morph. (coined by Ken Ralston/Sony Pictures Imageworks) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|blend|morph}} Blend of blend + morph Head templates: {{en-verb}} blorph (third-person singular simple present blorphs, present participle blorphing, simple past and past participle blorphed)
  1. (computer graphics, animation) To transition from one setting to another by morphing the entire image, so that it appears as a smooth transition within a single shot. Categories (topical): Animation, Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-blorph-en-verb-Z8170Wc4 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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