radiosity
/ˌreɪdɪˈɒsɪti/noun
1 Engineering and Physics. The amount of radiant energy emitted by a surface per unit area.
- The concept is analogous to that of luminosity in illumination engineering, where the radiant energy concerned is visible light..
2 Computing. In computer graphics: a method for rendering three-dimensional objects which allows for the multiple reflection of light between the surfaces depicted; an algorithm for implementing this.
Origin
1930s. From radi- + -osity.
- pyro-photography
- pyrophyllite
- pyrophysalite
- pyrophyte
- pyroracemic
- pyroscope
- pyrosis
- pyrosmalite
- Pyrosoma
- pyrosome
- pyrosphere
- pyrostat
- pyrostilpnite
- pyrosulfate
- pyrosulphate
- pyrosulphuric acid
- pyrosynthesis
- pyrosynthetic
- pyrotartaric
- pyrotartaric acid
- pyrotartrate
- pyrotartrimide
- pyrotechnian
- pyrotechnic
- pyrotechnical