Meanings
adjectivephotoreal (comparative more photoreal, superlative most photoreal)
comparative more photoreal · superlative most photoreal
- computer graphicsExhibiting photorealism.
Frequently, you can use the texture from one object to surface a completely different object. Figure 8.26 illustrates how a crab shell texture makes a wonderful photoreal fruit skin.
1998, Dan Ablan, Patrik Beck, Inside LightWave 3D
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishphotoreal
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APA
photoreal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreal
MLA
“photoreal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoreal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreal.
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