raster
See also: Raster
English
![](../I/m/Raster-scan_Display.jpg)
Old raster-scan display sample.
![](../I/m/Rgb-raster-image.svg.png)
A raster image.
Etymology
From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādere (“to scrape”, verb).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstə(r)
Noun
raster (plural rasters)
- 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.
- (computer graphics) A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.
Translations
computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
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Declension
Declension of raster | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | raster | rastret | raster | rastren |
Genitive | rasters | rastrets | rasters | rastrens |
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