Hitbox
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hitbox is a noun meaning (genericized trademark) An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.
Meaning
(genericized trademark) An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.
More Meanings
- (computer graphics) An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model.
Example Sentences
However, Fortnite players believe that each skin has varying hitboxes, offering them a competitive advantage.
Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.
Word Forms
- hitboxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include collider, boxel, brush, z-buffer, side, hyperball.
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