RASTER

raster

(noun) the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

raster (plural rasters)

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.

(computer graphics) A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

Synonyms: bitmap, pixmap

Coordinate term: vector

Verb

raster (third-person singular simple present rasters, present participle rastering, simple past and past participle rastered)

To scan in parallel lines.

Anagrams

• Arters, arrest, rarest, raters, retars, starer, starre, tarres, terras

Source: Wiktionary



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