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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A technique in which one point or object moves while attached to another point or object, as when dragging out a new shape in a drawing program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The speeding up of computer-controlled cars far behind the player, often as a method to increase the level of challenge provided to the player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, racing, sports, video-games
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A form of lag (delay) where the player's position is updated on their local client but is delayed reaching the server, so that they seem to "jump" to the new location when the client and server eventually synchronize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From rubber band + -ing, referring to the fact that when two objects are connected by an elastic band then the movement of one is constrained by the other.
