raster

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

To scan in parallel lines.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹæstɚ/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bit map

dot-matrix

grating

dot pattern

optical grating

face of the screen

Translations

Raster

rastern

trame

Rastermuster

reticolo

ράστερ

rettangolo

escobada

raster

varredura

rastreio

raster

trama

taramalı

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