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Raster

//ˈɹæstɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor wordnet
  3. 3
    A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.
Verb
  1. 1
    To scan in parallel lines.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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