"shadow volume" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shadow volumes [plural]
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  1. (computer graphics) The spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene. Wikipedia link: shadow volume Categories (topical): Computer graphics

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