raster

See also: Raster

English

Old raster-scan display sample.

A raster image.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæstɚ/
• Rhymes: -æstə(r)

Noun

raster (plural rasters)

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. (computer graphics) A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

   Synonyms: bitmap, pixmap

   Coordinate term: vector

Translations

computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines

• Portuguese: raster, matricial
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

raster (third-person singular simple present rasters, present participle rastering, simple past and past participle rastered)

1. To scan in parallel lines.

Further reading

• raster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “raster”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Arters, arrest, rarest, raters, retars, starer, starre, tarres, terras

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Pronunciation

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Noun

raster n (plural rasters, diminutive rastertje n)

1. grid
2. raster

Anagrams

• arrest, starer, terras

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Swedish

Noun

raster n

1. a raster, a grid
2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of rast

Declension

Declension of raster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	raster	rastret	raster	rastren
Genitive	rasters	rastrets	rasters	rastrens

Related terms

• rastrera

Anagrams

• arters, estrar, tsarer