English Explanatory Dictionary

mipmap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A precalculated, optimised collection of images accompanying a main texture, used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts.
verb
  1. To precalculate images for a texture in this manner.

Pronunciation

en-uk-mipmap.ogg

Word forms

mipmap mipmaps mipmapping mipmapped

Etymology

Initialism of Latin multum in parvo (much in a small space), and map, modelled on bitmap.

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