bilerp

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English

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ lerp.

Noun

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bilerp (plural bilerps)

  1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of bilinear interpolation.
    • 2007, Paul S. Heckbert, Texture map component optimization, US Patent 9007389 (PDF version):
      Columns of TABLE 1 include an LOD level, number of bilinear interpolations (bilerps) per pixel, and number of pixels per packet for 32 bit texels.

Verb

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bilerp (third-person singular simple present bilerps, present participle bilerping, simple past and past participle bilerped)

  1. (mathematics, computing) to interpolate bilinearly
    • 1998, Carroll Philip Gossett, Mark Goudy, Ole Bentz, Method for efficient handling of texture cache misses by recirculation, US Patent 6259460 (PDF version):
      In mipmapping operations, the set of addresses fetches a four texel neighborhood from each of the two maps that bound the calculated size of the bilerped (bilinearly interpolate) quad.