Below you will find example sentences with "ray casting". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Ray Casting in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 5
  • Discovered as a combination around: ray
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.8 words

Words in this phrase

ray casting

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ray can mean: A beam of light or radiation. Frequent word
  • casting can mean: present participle and gerund of cast Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

equation using ray casting in a 1× main in ray casting the geometry 1× ray casting main in 1× rendered using ray casting 1× rendering or ray casting 1× than either ray casting or scanline 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

advantages over other 1× if a mathematical 1× optical ray tracing 1× ray casting main 1×

Common sentence endings:

be ray tracing 1× or ray casting 1× point of view 1× scanline rendering techniques 1× using ray casting 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

rendering 4× tracing 3× pixel 2× line 2× view 2× methods 2× scanline 2× using 2× main 1× geometry 1× modeled 1× parsed 1×

Related phrases

ray tracing gamma ray sugar ray

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around ray:

ray tracing 20× gamma ray 6× sugar ray 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

ray tracing razor wire rbi double rbi single reaction mass real estate

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

ray tracing

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ray casting" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 26.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as equation using ray casting in a, main in ray casting the geometry, rendering, tracing and pixel stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with ray tracing, gamma ray, sugar ray, ray tracing, gamma ray and sugar ray, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ray casting

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

If a mathematical surface can be intersected by a ray, it can be rendered using ray casting. (17 words)

It is also possible to approximate the equation using ray casting in a different way than what is traditionally considered to be "ray tracing". (24 words)

Optical ray tracing describes a method for producing visual images constructed in 3D computer graphics environments, with more photorealism than either ray casting or scanline rendering techniques. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Ray casting main In ray casting the geometry which has been modeled is parsed pixel by pixel, line by line, from the point of view outward, as if casting rays out from the point of view. (36 words)

Advantages over other rendering methods Ray tracing's popularity stems from its basis in a realistic simulation of lighting over other rendering methods (such as scanline rendering or ray casting). (30 words)

Optical ray tracing describes a method for producing visual images constructed in 3D computer graphics environments, with more photorealism than either ray casting or scanline rendering techniques. (27 words)

Example sentences (5)

Ray casting main In ray casting the geometry which has been modeled is parsed pixel by pixel, line by line, from the point of view outward, as if casting rays out from the point of view.

Advantages over other rendering methods Ray tracing's popularity stems from its basis in a realistic simulation of lighting over other rendering methods (such as scanline rendering or ray casting).

If a mathematical surface can be intersected by a ray, it can be rendered using ray casting.

It is also possible to approximate the equation using ray casting in a different way than what is traditionally considered to be "ray tracing".

Optical ray tracing describes a method for producing visual images constructed in 3D computer graphics environments, with more photorealism than either ray casting or scanline rendering techniques.