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Perlin noise
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English
frame|Two-dimensional slice through 3D Perlin noise.
Etymology
After its developer, Ken Perlin.
Noun
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en computer graphics Random-looking visual noise generated by a function, widely used in computer graphics to simulate effects such as fire and clouds.
en 2022 w:Gabrielle Zevin w:Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Vintage (2023) 476 “And it needs more texture. A bit of Perlin noise. It should look a little rougher, otherwise it doesn’t seem real.”
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