Perlin noise en · NOUN
Etymology
After its developer, Ken Perlin.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Random-looking visual noise generated by a function, widely used in computer graphics to simulate effects such as fire and clouds.
“And it needs more texture. A bit of Perlin noise. It should look a little rougher, otherwise it doesn’t seem real.”
2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 476: