mipmap

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noun

A precalculated, optimised collection of images accompanying a main texture, used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts.

OriginLatin multum in parvo →
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Meanings

nounmipmap (plural mipmaps)

plural mipmaps

  1. computer graphicsA precalculated, optimised collection of images accompanying a main texture, used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts.
verbmipmap (third-person singular simple present mipmaps, present participle mipmapping, simple past and past participle mipmapped)

present singular third person mipmaps · participle present mipmapping · participle past mipmapped · past mipmapped

  1. transitivecomputer graphicsTo precalculate images for a texture in this manner.

    The ability to mipmap floating-point textures would help with the computation of the maximum energy to find the next shooter.

    2004, Wolfgang Heidrich, Ravin Balakrishnan, Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, Graphics Interface 2004: proceedings, page 167

Origin

  1. Latinmultum in parvo“much in little”
  2. Englishmipmap

From mip (an acronym of Latin multum in parvo (“much in little”), referring to many images in a small space) + map, modelled on bitmap.

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Translations

Finnish MIP-kartta, mipmap
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APA

mipmap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mipmap

MLA

“mipmap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mipmap. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mipmap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mipmap.

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