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pop in

verb, noun — 2 senses

pop in

verbalso spelled pop-in
1

Idiomatic, Informal To pay a visit in an impromptu manner.

  • She's popped in a couple of times on her way back from the fields to see if there's any news of the littl'un.2009, Ann Neve, Footsteps in the Sea, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 217:
Related terms
pop out

pop-in

noun
1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Video games A performance issue in three-dimensional graphics, causing objects or textures to "pop" suddenly into view as they are loaded, rather than smoothly moving into view.

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draw distance

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for pop in and pop-in.