Tri
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tɹaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophones: try
Origin
Shortening.
Full definition of tri
Noun
tri
(plural tris)- (chiefly attributive) triathlona tri bikea tri suit
- (computer graphics) triangle
- 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and CharactersThe most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.
- 2010, Tony Mullen, ‎Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.