shading

Definitions

General Science

• noun the action of changing the strength of colours

Agriculture

• noun the action of cutting off the light of the sun

Computing

• noun a simple method of applying shading to a three-dimensional scene using a single point of light and calculating the shade and highlights on each object; this type of shading is calculated for each polygon that makes up an object and can sometimes causes unwanted effects as shading may differ on each polygon

Electronics

• Any enhancements made to shadows present in an image or scene, or the creation of shadows for a given visual effect, such as for highlighting, realism, or 3D. Used, for instance, in computer graphics and TV.
• In TV, the compensation of spurious signals generated by a camera tube during flyback.

Publishing

• noun the act of showing darker sections of a line drawing by adding dark colour or by drawing criss-cross lines

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6 definitions in context
• General Science
• Agriculture
• Computing
• Electronics
• Publishing