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parenting

parenting

1 7.9
To attach one thing to another in computer animation so it moves when the other moves
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛrənˌtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vinculación
  • In computer animation, parenting allows a character's hand to move along with its arm when the arm is animated to parent the motion.
  • surrogate parenting

Examples

  • Many African American parents, including those with lower incomes, view education as paramount for their children (Diamond & Gomez, 2004) and view their support of education as a parenting strength (Gibson, 2005).

    Academic text (2013)
  • Over the next seven days, you will undergo close observation and formal testing to ascertain suitability for parenting.

  • We'll go to that moving object parent, change it to head here.

  • We can basically set this shape as the parent known memory shape.

  • So let's say the parent class of Person is Animal.

  • Let's look at that function, the parent graph of sign.

  • And so each node in their representation could only have one parent node.

  • It's done and then the parent controller goes and dismisses.

  • And it turns out if you have a gas cloud that is the parent object that becomes the star and its orbiting planets.

  • The basic parent graph of the basic parent graph of our exponential is fairly simple.

Synonyms

linkage
vsparenting
26 3.9

A connection between things, for example air pollution and disease

is a specific animation link that makes one object follow another
coupling
vsparenting
  • Specialized
25 5.3

A device that connects two machine parts so they move together

links one object so the other follows movement and rotation
attachment
vsparenting
7 3.0

Attaching something to another thing to hold it in place

links objects so transforms of one are applied to the other
interlinkage
vsparenting
1 6.1

A connection between things or systems that makes them affect each other

links objects asymmetrically so one follows transforms rather than mutual influence
nesting
vsparenting
  • Specialized
5.1

Arranging items inside other items to make levels

links one object so the other follows movement, rotation, and scale

Surface Forms

parenting singular
parentings plural

Morphology

parenting = parent (semi-transparent) = parent + ing

Formed from 'parent' + '-ing' but used as a domain-specific metaphor in computing (linking parent and child objects), so the meaning is not fully general knowledge for all learners.

Etymology

Parenting comes from the word parent, a word for someone who cares for a child, so in computer graphics 'parenting' means making one object the 'parent' of another. The 'child' object then moves and turns with the parent, just like a child follows a parent.