raster en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹæstɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɹɑːstə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).
Meanings
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rasters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
rasterstereography · raster plot · rasterization · raster burn · subraster · mixed raster content · rasterize · raster graphics · raster mask · rasterise · rasterisation · nonraster
Synonyms
Translations (10)
pt matricial (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · es ráster (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · de Rasterbild (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · de Raster (scanning pattern of parallel lines) · eo rastero (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · eo rastrumo (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · de Rastergrafik (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · de Pixelgrafik (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · pt raster (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines) · el ράστερ (computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines)