rotozoomer

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noun

An animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounrotozoomer (plural rotozoomers)

plural rotozoomers

  1. computer graphicsAn animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.

    Hi all: I have written a rotozoomer that has an average frame rate of about 200fps on a Pentium 90 when writing directly to vram.

    1997, Adam Levar, “RotoZoomer frame rates”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
    1 more example

    I thought about writing a 4ktro for the TI-83 once, but really the only effects you could do would be rotozoomers, wire vectors, and scrollers.

    1997, h75h70, “ZShell anyone?”, in rec.games.programmer (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

rotozoomer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotozoomer

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“rotozoomer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotozoomer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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