tessellation
noun
tes·sel·la·tion
ˌte-sə-ˈlā-shən 
1
a
: mosaic
b
: a covering of an infinite geometric plane without gaps or overlaps by congruent plane figures of one type or a few types
2
: an act of tessellating : the state of being tessellated
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The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions, exercise graphics, and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation, respectively.
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Matthew Smith, PCMAG, 9 July 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions, exercise graphics, and stress compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation, respectively.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 14 June 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions as well as exercise graphics and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation, respectively.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 20 Apr. 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests, which are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions, exercise graphics and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation respectively.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
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Matthew Smith, PCMAG, 9 July 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions, exercise graphics, and stress compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation, respectively.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 14 June 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions as well as exercise graphics and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation, respectively.
—Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 20 Apr. 2024
The 1440p Aztec Ruins and 1080p Car Chase tests, which are rendered offscreen to accommodate different display resolutions, exercise graphics and compute shaders using the OpenGL programming interface and hardware tessellation respectively.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Tessellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tessellation. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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