English
low poly
low + poly (clipping of polygon).
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie’
Proto-Germanic *lēgaz ‘low’
Old Norse lágr
Middle English lāh
English low
Today it means
noun A 3D modeling technique in computer graphics that uses a relatively small number of polygons to construct a digital object or environment.
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Etymograph / low poly