raster
English
/ˈɹæstɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Raster derived from Latin rāster.
Origin
Latin
rāster
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonraster English
- rastering English
- rasterisation English
- rasterise English
- rasterization English
- rasterize English
- rasterizer English
- rāster Latin
- rāstrum Latin
- Raster German
- Rasterfahndung German
- rastrar Spanish, Castilian
- rastrear Spanish, Castilian
- rastrero Spanish, Castilian
- rastrillo Spanish, Castilian
- rastro Spanish, Castilian