shapecommands
nounUK /ʃeɪp kəˈmɑːndz/
US /ʃeɪp kəˈmændz/
Shape commands are instructions that tell a computer how to draw or change a shape.
The teacher showed us how to use shape commands to draw a square on the screen.
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2. Orders given to make something take a certain form.
The potter's shape commands turned the clay into a bowl.
3. In coding, special words that create or move shapes on a screen.
We typed shape commands to make the triangle bigger.
4. Instructions in a game that control how objects look.
The game uses shape commands to build the castle.