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Rotate vs Rotozoomer - What's the difference?

rotate | rotozoomer |

As a verb rotate

is to spin, turn, or revolve.

As an adjective rotate

is having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

As a noun rotozoomer is

(demoscene|computer graphics) an animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.

rotate

English

Verb

(rotat)
  • to spin, turn, or revolve.
  • He rotated in his chair to face me.
  • to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
  • The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
  • (of aircraft) to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
  • The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
  • to spin, turn, or revolve something.
  • Rotate the dial to the left.
  • to advance something through a sequence.
  • to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
  • The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
  • (of crops) to grow or plant in a certain order.
  • Synonyms

    * (to turn) revolve * (to make turn) circumvolve

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
  • a rotate''' spicule or scale; a '''rotate corolla
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    rotozoomer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (demoscene, computer graphics) An animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.
  • * 1997 , "h75h70", ZShell anyone?'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.programmer )
  • 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 , "Adam Levar", RotoZoomer frame rates'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
  • 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.