rendering

[ ren-der-ing ]

noun

1. Digital Technology.
   1. the synthesis of discrete digital components into a final graphic output:

      With hardware acceleration, the browser should also be able to handle full-screen rendering to play videos in cinema view.

      The new modeling tool offers state-of-the-art rendering and simulation of hair in gameplay and in cinematics.

   2. the execution of loading and displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., in a video game:

      Players complained that slow rendering caused an “invisible enemies glitch” on older consoles.

2. an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition:

   Many critics praised the modern band’s renderings of Gregorian chants on their second album.

3. a translation:

   This rendering of Dante’s text was devoid of the necessary cultural context, and fell far short of other translations.

4. a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.
5. an official finding or a judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court:

   One must follow the new constitution without considering any legal renderings of the past.

6. Usually ren·der·ings. Cooking. fat extracted from a rendered piece of beef, pork, sausage, etc.:

   Toss the greens in a skillet with a spoonful of heated bacon renderings and some crumbled bacon for less than a minute.

7. Building Trades. render ¹( def 24 ).

rendering

/ ˈrɛndərɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or an instance of performing a play, piece of music, etc
2. a translation of a text from a foreign language
3. Also calledrendering coatrender a coat of plaster or cement mortar applied to a surface
4. a perspective drawing showing an architect's idea of a finished building, interior, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of rendering¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (gerund); render ¹ + -ing ¹( def )

Example Sentences

“Permanently posting the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public-school classroom—rendering them unavoidable—unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance, veneration, and adoption of the state’s favored religious scripture,” the parents wrote in their court filing.

From Salon

Paramedics and officers suspected drug overdoses and began rendering aid.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the course of the first quarter of this century, the American presidency has accumulated ever more power, rendering the office increasingly less constrained by either Congress or the courts.

From Salon

The war has brought with it a new geography for Beirut, rendering some of its main arteries inaccessible for those unwilling to risk Israeli targeting.

From Los Angeles Times

The diseased carcasses are brought to Baker’s rendering site in Kerman, where the bodies are “recycled” and turned into “high protein” animal feed and fertilizer, or rendered into liquids that are then used in fuels, paints, varnishes, lubricants “and all sort of different industrial products.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• reading
• rendition
• translation