"mipmap" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-uk-mipmap.ogg [UK] Forms: mipmaps [plural]
Etymology: Initialism of Latin multum in parvo (much in a small space), and map, modelled on bitmap. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mipmap (plural mipmaps)
  1. (computer graphics) A precalculated, optimised collection of images accompanying a main texture, used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts. Categories (topical): Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-mipmap-en-noun-~duym939 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Audio: en-uk-mipmap.ogg [UK] Forms: mipmaps [present, singular, third-person], mipmapping [participle, present], mipmapped [participle, past], mipmapped [past]
Etymology: Initialism of Latin multum in parvo (much in a small space), and map, modelled on bitmap. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} mipmap (third-person singular simple present mipmaps, present participle mipmapping, simple past and past participle mipmapped)
  1. (computer graphics, transitive) To precalculate images for a texture in this manner. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

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