Etymology

glenzing

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Today it means: A technique for simulating translucency by storing extra colour values in the palette that represent the combined colours of intersecting objects in a scene. Full definition →

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Possibly related to Swedish glänsa (“shine, glitter”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.