"polygon soup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polygon soups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polygon soup (countable and uncountable, plural polygon soups)
  1. (computer graphics, informal) An arbitrary collection of polygons with no particular distinguishing traits, thus possibly difficult to decompose for rendering. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

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