raster

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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. 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

Synonyms

• (grid of pixels) bitmap, pixmap

Further reading

• raster at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

raster n (plural rasters, diminutive rastertje n)

1. grid
2. raster

Anagrams

• arrest, starer, terras

Noun

raster n

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