supersample

English

Etymology

super- +‎ sample

Verb

supersample (third-person singular simple present supersamples, present participle supersampling, simple past and past participle supersampled)

1. (transitive, computer graphics) To antialias by taking samples at several points inside each pixel and choosing an average colour value.
   • 1994, David S. Ebert, Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach, page 65:

     As mentioned earlier, supersampling will at least decrease the sampling rate at which aliasing begins.