plural of eye shadow

(television) A plate punched with tiny holes that separate the coloured phosphors in the layer behind the front glass of the screen. Three electron guns at the back of the screen sweep across the mask, with the beams only reaching the screen if they pass through the holes.

plural of shadow mask

A puppet used in shadow play.

(programming) The use of one part of computer memory to store information about other parts of memory, used for example to keep track of which parts have been allocated by the program.

Alternative spelling of chadon beni

(economics) Unpaid labor in the form of self-service. / (psychology) Any process to become conscious of a shadow aspect in one's subconscious.

A very delicate kind of ladder stitch used in fine openwork.

(computer graphics) The spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.

plural of shadow volume