Definition of "octree" [octree]

• A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it. (noun)

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• "· Fix aabbox collision test, which not only broke the collision test routines, but also frustum culling, octree tests, etc."
• "There's one small caveat with animations right now: some features (collision checking, mouse picking, ray-tracer - everything that requires some octree) always use the first animation frame, regardless of current animation frame displayed."
• "It will generate octree structure from rigid bodies, which surfaces are polygons cubic B-splines."