"marching cubes" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} marching cubes pl (plural only)
  1. (computer graphics) An algorithm for extracting a polygonal mesh of an isosurface from a three-dimensional scalar field. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Computer graphics
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