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RASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raster mean? 

RASTER (noun)
  The noun RASTER has 1 sense:

1. the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitorplay

  Familiarity information: RASTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("raster" is a kind of...):

formation (a particular spatial arrangement)

Meronyms (parts of "raster"):

pel; picture element; pixel ((computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot))

Holonyms ("raster" is a part of...):

display; video display (an electronic device that represents information in visual form)

Derivation:

rasterize (convert (an image) into pixels)


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