hit point
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hit point
- /ˈhɪt ˌpɔɪnt/ US
noun hit points · hitpoint
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A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed.
You can bestow keys, gems, torches and powders, and restore gold, food and hit points. Hit points and experience points can be increased to a maximum of 9999, although you'd better be careful.
Similar: HP, health point, life point
- In ray tracing, the point in a scene at which a ray strikes an object. The in/out status for the hit point is determined by examining the loop which has the subelement (edge or vertex) closest to the hit point.
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noun a unit of damage
| Español | punto de resistencia, punto de vida, punto de golpeo, punto de salud |
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| 日本語 | ヒットポイント hitto pointo |
| 中文 | 生命值 shēngmìngzhí, 血量 xuèliàng |
| Français | point de vie |
| Deutsch | Lebenspunkt, Trefferpunkt |
| Italiano | punto danno |
| Ελληνικά | επίπεδο ζωής epípedo zoḯs |
| Русский | очки здоровья očki zdorovʹja |
noun raytracing
| Deutsch | Auftreffpunkt |
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