rendering

render (ˈrɛndə)
—vb
1.	to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action
2.	to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)
3.	to show (obedience), as due or expected
4.	to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital: to render blow for blow
5.	to cause to become: grief had rendered him simple-minded
6.	to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
7.	to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
8.	computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid
9.	to translate (something) into another language or form
10.	(sometimes foll by up) to yield or give: the tomb rendered up its secret
11.	(often foll by back) to return (something); give back
12.	to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster
13.	(often foll by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
14.	nautical
	a.  to reeve (a line)
	b.  to slacken (a rope, etc)
15.	history (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord
—n
16.	a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface
17.	history a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord
[C14: from Old French rendre, from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to give]
'renderable
—adj
'renderer
—n

render

deliver" is recorded from late 14c.; "to return (thanks, etc.)" is attested from late 15c.; meaning "represent, depict" is first attested 1599. Rendering "extracting or melting of fat" is attested from 1792; sense of "reproduction, representation" is from 1862.

rendering definition

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)