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Definition 2024

raster

raster

See also: Raster

English

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

Verb

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

  1. To scan in parallel lines

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

raster n ‎(plural rasters, diminutive rastertje n)

  1. grid
  2. raster

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Swedish

Noun

raster n

  1. a raster, a grid
  2. indefinite plural of rast

Declension

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

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Etymology

From German Raster, from Latin raster, from rastrum ‎(“a rake”), from verb radere ‎(“to scrape”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æstə(r)

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