raster

See also: Raster

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English

Old raster-scan display sample.

A raster image.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(r)

Noun

raster (plural rasters)

1. 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.
2. (computer graphics) A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

   Synonyms: bitmap, pixmap

   Coordinate term: vector

Translations

computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines

• Portuguese: raster, matricial

Verb

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

1. To scan in parallel lines.

Further reading

• raster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• raster at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

raster n (plural rasters, diminutive rastertje n)

1. grid
2. raster

Anagrams

• arrest, starer, terras

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Swedish

Noun

raster n

1. a raster, a grid
2. indefinite plural of rast

Declension

Declension of raster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	raster	rastret	raster	rastren
Genitive	rasters	rastrets	rasters	rastrens

Related terms

• rastrera