"bump mapping" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bump mapping (uncountable)
  1. (computer graphics) A technique where a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is applied to each pixel, based on a texture map, prior to calculating the illumination, so as to produce a richer, more detailed surface representation. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computer graphics Derived forms: bump-mapped

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