raster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

verb

/ˈɹæstɚ/ /ˈɹɑːstə(ɹ)/

raster rasters rastering rastered

From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).

bitmap pixmap

mixed raster content nonraster raster burn raster graphics rasterisation rasterise rasterization rasterize raster plot rasterstereography subraster

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