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rendering - 6 dictionary results

ren⋅der⋅ing

[ren-der-ing]
–noun
1. an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition: her rendering of the part of Hedda.
2. a translation: Chapman's rendering of Homer.
3. a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.
4. Building Trades. render 1 (def. 21).

Origin:
1400–50; late ME (ger.); see render, -ing 1

ren⋅der

1[ren-der]
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
2. to do; perform: to render a service.
3. to furnish; provide: to render aid.
4. to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
5. to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
6. to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior: knights rendering military service to the lord.
7. to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
8. to deliver formally or officially; hand down: to render a verdict.
9. to translate into another language: to render French poems into English.
10. to represent; depict, as in painting: to render a landscape.
11. to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
12. to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.
13. to give in return or requital: to render good for evil.
14. to give back; restore (often fol. by back).
15. to give up; surrender.
16. Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
17. to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting: to render fat.
18. to process, as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses.
–verb (used without object)
19. to provide due reward.
20. to try out oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
–noun
21. Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME rendren < MF rendre < VL *rendere, alter. (formed by analogy with prendere to take) of L reddere to give back, equiv. to red- red- + -dere, comb. form of dare to give


ren⋅der⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ren⋅der⋅er, noun


3. give, supply, contribute, afford. 4. demonstrate. 15. cede, yield.
ren·der   (rěn'dər)   
tr.v.   ren·dered, ren·der·ing, ren·ders
  1. To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: render a bill.
  2. To give or make available; provide: render assistance.
  3. To give what is due or owed: render thanks; rendered homage.
  4. To give in return or retribution: He had to render an apology for his rudeness.
  5. To surrender or relinquish; yield.
    1. To represent in verbal form; depict: "Joyce has attempted . . . to render . . . what our participation in life is like" (Edmund Wilson).
    2. To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective.
    3. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).
    4. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet.
  6. Computer Science To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.
  7. Music
    1. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).
    2. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet.
  8. To express in another language or form; translate.
  9. To deliver or pronounce formally: The jury has rendered its verdict.
  10. To cause to become; make: The news rendered her speechless.
  11. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating.
  12. To coat (brick, for example) with plaster or cement.
n.  A payment in kind, services, or cash from a tenant to a feudal lord.

[Middle English rendren, from Old French rendre, to give back, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere (influenced by prēndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
ren'der·a·ble adj., ren'der·er n.
ren·der·ing   (rěn'dər-ĭng)   
n.  
  1. A depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music.
  2. A drawing in perspective of a proposed structure.
  3. A translation: a rendering of Cicero's treatises into English.
  4. A coat of plaster or cement applied to a masonry surface.

Rendering

Ren"der*ing\, n. The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. --Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. --Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

rendering graphics, text
The conversion of a high-level object-based description into a graphical image for display.
For example, ray-tracing takes a mathematical model of a three-dimensional object or scene and converts it into a bitmap image. Another example is the process of converting HTML into an image for display to the user.
(2001-02-06)

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