Computer Graphics

3 words in this vocabulary list

noun the title of a book by Edwin A. Abbott, published in 1884, that satirizes the social hierarchy and rigid thinking of Victorian England through a story about a two-dimensional world called Flatland

  • The region is characterized by vast flatland with few hills or mountains.
  • I love driving through flatland because you can see for miles.
  • Let's go hang out in the flatland and watch the sunset.
  • In the flatland of corporate bureaucracy, it can be hard to stand out.

pip

noun a dot or speck, especially a small round spot

  • The surgeon carefully removed the pip from the patient's lung.
  • I found a pip in my orange while I was eating it.
  • That movie was a real pip, I loved every minute of it.
  • Her singing voice was like a pip, sweet and pure.

noun a repeating pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together without any gaps or overlaps

  • The artist created a beautiful tessellation pattern using geometric shapes.
  • I love how the tiles in the bathroom tessellate perfectly.
  • Check out the cool tessellation on that building's facade!
  • The intricate tessellation of thoughts in her mind was both confusing and fascinating.