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computer graphics

computer graphics

2 3.1
Pictures that computers make and show, like movie effects and video games
  • noun
  • /kəmˈpjuːtər ˈɡræfɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : gráficos por computadora
  • Cloth is relatively difficult to simulate for computer graphics, primarily because of the complexity of its shapes and motions.
  • use computer graphics
  • computer graphics artists
  • field of computer graphics

And so this, this graphics card is now powered mostly by AI and the computer graphics technology inside is incredible as well.

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Examples

  • "With computer graphics, everything is based on some algorithm, and there's often a predictability to it," Mr. Trumbull said.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Displays will feature works by imaging artists created with technologies such as holography, computer graphics, electrostatic imaging, and electronic transmission.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The two most important examples are probably medical imaging and computer graphics.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The project forms part of the ongoing research to develop artwork tools for the computer graphics industry.

    Academic text (2006)

  • I landed a job at a local computer graphics company before graduating.

    Blog text (2)

  • NURBS is the mathematical algorithm used in computer graphics software.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The results look somewhat muted to those used to the bright blues and reds of traditional computer graphics.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Thus, developers are now incorporating high-resolution computer graphics, sound, and video pictures to produce "hypermedia" systems.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There's some nice work that has been done using computer graphics to randomly display an avatar's face and randomly move its facial muscles.

    Big Think

  • Many modern video games rely heavily on computer graphics to create immersive environments.

Synonyms

graphics
vscomputer graphics
14 3.2

Pictures, drawings, or diagrams used in books and on screens

focuses on creating, displaying, and manipulating images using digital technology

How Advanced

real-time processing
  • Specialized
3.6
computer graphics
  • Specialized
2 3.1
3D
60 3.6

Surface Forms

computer graphics singular
computer graphics plural

Morphology

computer + graphics

The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'computer' (electronic device) and 'graphics' (visual representations): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer visuals produced or handled by computers. This noun+noun technical compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns and does not require idiomatic knowledge, so its meaning is transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Computer graphics comes from joining computer and graphics, where graphics means pictures or drawings and a computer is the machine that makes them. Imagine a machine drawing and changing pictures on a screen; that's why the phrase means 'to make and show pictures with a computer'.