🔷 Pattern of shapes 🖥️ Mesh subdivision

tessellation

8.2

Dividing a surface into smaller shapes to add detail when a computer draws an image

noun
/ˌtɛsəˈleɪʃən/

Specialized

: teselación

It's not a coincidence that most mobile GPUs don't support things like geometry shaders or tessellation.
hardware tessellation

Can we put little points to force the evaporation at those points and calculate the tessellation?

Examples

So this is a triangulated model of a tessellation designed by Ray Champ.
That's all tessellation and AMD struggles with it.
The PC version will be enhanced with DX11 support, so there is increased texture resolution, tessellation, and shader improvements.

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In computer graphics, tessellation increases detail by subdividing polygons into smaller shapes.
The new game engine features advanced tessellation techniques to produce realistic terrain graphics.
To achieve a lifelike appearance, artists often use tessellation to add complexity to their 3D models.

Synonyms

subdivision

vstessellation

Specialized

7.0

A computer method that makes a rough 3D model smoother by splitting its faces into smaller pieces

focuses on adding geometric detail and enabling displacement during rendering

How Detailed

tessellation

Specialized

8.2

meshing

Specialized

7.2

Surface Forms

tessellation singular

tessellations plural

Morphology

tessellation = tessellate (transparent) = tessellate + ion

The technical graphics sense is a specific application of the general process named by the verb 'tessellate', so the noun retains a direct, regular relationship to its verb base.

Etymology

The word tessellation comes from the Latin tessella 'small tile', and the same tile idea helps in computer graphics. A helpful image is splitting a surface into many little 'tiles' so the computer can show more detail, which is why tessellation in graphics means dividing shapes into smaller parts to add fine surface detail.