RASTERIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rasterize mean? 

• RASTERIZE (verb)
  The verb RASTERIZE has 1 sense:

1. convert (an image) into pixels

  Familiarity information: RASTERIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RASTERIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert (an image) into pixels

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rasterize" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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