rendering

[ ren-der-ing ]

noun

1. Digital Technology.
   1. 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.

   2. 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. Usually ren·der·ings. Cooking. 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. Building Trades. render ¹( def 24 ).

rendering

/ ˈrɛndərɪŋ /

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. Also calledrendering coatrender 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rendering¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (gerund); render ¹ + -ing ¹( def )

Example Sentences

We also understand Pinterest is incorporating elements from data partner ModiFace, including digitization parameters that ensure the products recognized are mapped to ModiFace’s database for higher-quality rendering.

From TechCrunch

All of the web vitals measure the time until some initial rendering, and loading images is the largest source of delay before a page is initially fully loaded.

From Search Engine Watch

Your body has too much fat, the Halo’s app shows in a 3-D rendering of your near-naked body.

From Washington Post

This collection contains more than 400 photographs and concept renderings from NASA’s operations beginning in 1958.

From Popular-Science

All in all, this unique rendering mechanism is less complex, time-consuming, and instead much cheaper and faster in use.

From Search Engine Watch

I underwent an endometrial ablation in my 30s, rendering my periods worse than ever.

From The Daily Beast

The enemy effected and exploited a breach on the left flank, rendering the friendly positions untenable.

From The Daily Beast

It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.

From The Daily Beast

It happened when, having become smugly satisfied with my rendering of Mickey Mouse, I turned to Donald Duck.

From The Daily Beast

This time, he was no longer concerned with rendering her unable to fight back.

From The Daily Beast

But I doubt if he feels any particular emotion himself, when he is piercing you through with his rendering.

From Project Gutenberg

Her "St. Agnes" is an interesting rendering of a well-worn subject.

From Project Gutenberg

And the absence of paper and so forth, rendering notebooks costly and rare, made a large amount of memorizing necessary.

From Project Gutenberg

The village organist had distinguished himself by his florid rendering of the Wedding March.

From Project Gutenberg

And he expended upon the study of the face the same degree of devotion that he gave to the rendering of a garment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• reading
• rendition
• translation