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Polycount vs Plycount - What's the difference?

polycount | plycount |

As nouns the difference between polycount and plycount

is that polycount is the total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model while plycount is the total number of moves in a game, counting each player's move as 1.

polycount

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer graphics) The total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model.

    • References

    * East Coast Games Game Development Glossary, by Forest J. Handford

    plycount

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (neologism, chess) The total number of moves in a game, counting each player's move as 1.
  • * 2004. Jaap van den Herik, Hiroyuki Iida, Ernst A. Heinz. Advances in Computer Games: Many Games, Many Challenges... Springer 2004, p. 216 [http://books.google.com/books?id=b1tMzog4M-MC&pg=PA216&dq=plycount&sig=mT8CESvj8h9T-6Z45eQfcuItbQY]:
    • Take note that if the side to move first wins, the plycount must be an odd number, since that side makes the last move.

    See also

    * computer chess