Inpaint

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reconstruct missing or damaged portions of images by interpolation of surrounding areas.

    "The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]"

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"The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]"

Etymology

From in- + paint.

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