Varying vs Reversible - What's the difference?
varying | reversible | 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 reversed
(of clothing) able to be worn inside out
(chemistry) (of a chemical reaction ) capable of proceeding in either direction
(physics) (of a phase change ) capable of returning to the original state
(thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy
Varying is a related term of reversible.
As a verb varying
is .As a noun varying
is a kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.As an adjective reversible is
reversible (capable of being reversed or inverted).varying
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(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