Rendering (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Digital Technology.
    • the synthesis of discrete digital components into a final graphic output: With hardware acceleration, the browser should also be able to handle full-screen rendering to play videos in cinema view.The new modeling tool offers state-of-the-art rendering and simulation of hair in gameplay and in cinematics.
    • the execution of loading and displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., in a video game: Players complained that slow rendering caused an “invisible enemies glitch” on older consoles.
  2. an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition: Many critics praised the modern band’s renderings of Gregorian chants on their second album.
  3. a translation: This rendering of Dante’s text was devoid of the necessary cultural context, and fell far short of other translations.
  4. a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.
  5. an official finding or a judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court: One must follow the new constitution without considering any legal renderings of the past.
  6. fat extracted from a rendered piece of beef, pork, sausage, etc.: Toss the greens in a skillet with a spoonful of heated bacon renderings and some crumbled bacon for less than a minute.
  7. render1 (def. 24).
noun
  1. the act or an instance of performing a play, piece of music, etc
  2. a translation of a text from a foreign language
  3. a coat of plaster or cement mortar applied to a surface
  4. a perspective drawing showing an architect's idea of a finished building, interior, etc
Rendering (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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