noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Jagged artifacts in raster graphics, such as those caused by resizing a bitmap image without preserving its aspect ratio. informal, plural, plural-only

   "The anti-alias option in image editors helps to eliminate the jaggies."

Example

More examples

"The anti-alias option in image editors helps to eliminate the jaggies."

Etymology

From jaggy or jagged + -ie (“diminutive”) + -s (“plural”).

Related phrases

aspect ratioraster graphics

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