Varying vs Convertible - What's the difference?
varying | convertible | Related terms |
A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.
* 2012 , Patrick Cozzi, Christophe Riccio, OpenGL Insights
Able to be converted
(obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
* 1635 , Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
* 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VI, ''Two Centuries
(finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option
A car whose roof can be removed or folded
(finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.
As nouns the difference between varying and convertible
is that varying is {{cx|computer graphics|lang=en}} A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc while convertible is a car whose roof can be removed or folded.As a verb varying
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective convertible is
able to be converted.varying
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Another consideration to the relationship between vertex and fragment shaders is that adding too many additional varyings can be a drag on performance since they must all be interpolated
convertible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
- As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.