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raster

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæstɚ/

The English word “raster” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

verb

  1. To scan in parallel lines.

Etymology

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

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