SKYBOX

skybox

(noun) an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

skybox (plural skyboxes)

A seating area for VIPs in a stadium.

(video games, computer graphics) A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.

Source: Wiktionary



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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