posterize

English

Etymology

poster +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpəʊstəɹaɪz/
A posterized photograph, reduced to 256 colors.

Verb

posterize (third-person singular simple present posterizes, present participle posterizing, simple past and past participle posterized)

  1. To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.
  2. (basketball, slang): To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player.

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