Usually means: Simulating light for realistic images.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. ray tracing: Merriam-Webster
  2. ray-tracing: Wordnik
  3. ray tracing: Wiktionary
  4. ray tracing: Dictionary.com
  5. Ray-tracing, Ray tracing (graphics), Ray tracing (physics), Ray tracing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ray tracing: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. ray tracing: CCI Computer
  3. Ray-tracing, ray tracing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ray Tracing: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Ray Tracing: Extragalactic Astronomy

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ray tracing)

noun:  (computer graphics) A technique that produces realistically shaded images by projecting imaginary light rays to determine which parts of an object should be illuminated.
noun:  A technique used in optics for analysis of optical systems.

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