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Raster

/ˈɹæstɚ/

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.

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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

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

verb
  1. 1

    To scan in parallel lines.

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bitmapnoun(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
matrixnounThe cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
tracingnounThe process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
framingnounThe placing of something in context.
patternnounModel, example.
trackingnounThe act or process by which something is tracked.
fabricnounA material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
framenounThe structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
linesnoun(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
tracenounAn act of tracing.
scannounA close investigation.
screennounA physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
fundnounA sum or source of money.
hatchnounA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
backtrackingnoun(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
sweepnounA single action of sweeping.
wipenounThe act of wiping something.
scavengeverb(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
framesnounThe structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

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