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Gouraud is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Gouraud in a sentence

Gouraud meaning

Ellipsis of Gouraud shading.

Using Gouraud

  • The main meaning on this page is: Ellipsis of Gouraud shading.
  • In the example corpus, gouraud often appears in combinations such as: gouraud shading.

Context around Gouraud

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

shading 1× practice 1× flat 1×

Often after:

shading 3× textured 1×

Sentence patterns with Gouraud

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a flat gouraud textured purple 1× in practice gouraud shading is 1× phong shading gouraud shading s 1× shading and gouraud shading 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

comparison with other 1× in comparison to 1× in practice gouraud 1×

Common sentence endings:

and gouraud shading 1× by the triangle 1× in its interpolation 1× of the level 1×

Words around Gouraud

Just before it in the word index:

gour 5 goupil 3 goupall 2 gounodesque 2 gounod 9 gounkoto 2

Just after it in the word index:

gourav 3 gourd 51 gourde 5 gourdes 3 gourdet 2 gourdin 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Gouraud

  • In this selection, "gouraud" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, shading, practice, flat, shading and textured stand out and add context to how "gouraud" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a flat gouraud textured purple and in practice gouraud shading is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gouraud" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gouraud

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Comparison with other shading techniques Comparison of flat shading and Gouraud shading. (12 words)

In comparison to Phong shading, Gouraud shading's strength and weakness lies in its interpolation. (15 words)

There is no skybox ; instead, a flat Gouraud -textured purple sky is drawn around the top of the level. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

In practice, Gouraud shading is most often used to achieve continuous lighting on triangle surfaces by computing the lighting at the corners of each triangle and linearly interpolating the resulting colours for each pixel covered by the triangle. (38 words)

There is no skybox ; instead, a flat Gouraud -textured purple sky is drawn around the top of the level. (19 words)

In comparison to Phong shading, Gouraud shading's strength and weakness lies in its interpolation. (15 words)

Example sentences (4)

Comparison with other shading techniques Comparison of flat shading and Gouraud shading.

In comparison to Phong shading, Gouraud shading's strength and weakness lies in its interpolation.

In practice, Gouraud shading is most often used to achieve continuous lighting on triangle surfaces by computing the lighting at the corners of each triangle and linearly interpolating the resulting colours for each pixel covered by the triangle.

There is no skybox ; instead, a flat Gouraud -textured purple sky is drawn around the top of the level.

Common combinations with gouraud

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gouraud" in a sentence?
An example: "Comparison with other shading techniques Comparison of flat shading and Gouraud shading." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "gouraud" from authentic English texts.
What does "gouraud" mean?
Gouraud means: Ellipsis of Gouraud shading.
How many example sentences with "gouraud" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "gouraud", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.