RASTER | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Raster

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

1930s: from German Raster, literally ‘screen’, from Latin rastrum ‘rake’, from ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈrastə
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a rectangular pattern of parallel scanning lines followed by the electron beam on a television screen or computer monitor

Short Definition:

rectangular pattern of parallel scanning lines followed by electron beam

Examples:
  • a raster image

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