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Lighting vs Relightable - What's the difference?

lighting | relightable |

As a noun lighting

is the equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

As an adjective relightable is

capable of being lit again.

lighting

English

Noun

(wikipedia lighting) (en noun)
  • The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
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  • The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings , so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?
  • The process of annealing metals.
    • (Webster 1913)

    relightable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being lit again.
  • * 1928 , Thomas Arthur Rickard, The Mining Magazine (volume 39, page 128)
    • The gas was still relightable .
  • * 1978 , Callaghan's Official Wisconsin Reports (page 248)
    • However, the main burner was not relightable .
  • (computer graphics) Capable of being rendered again with different simulated lighting conditions.
  • * 2007 , Markus Gross, Hanspeter Pfister, Point-based graphics (page 78)
    • A relightable model requires more than 20 GB of raw image data.