raster

[ ras-ter ]

noun
  1. Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid crystal display of a television set or other screen.

  2. Digital Technology. a set of horizontal lines composed of individual pixels, used to form an image on a screen or in matrix printing.

Origin of raster

1
First recorded in 1950–55; from German, from Latin rāstrum “toothed hoe, rake,” derivative of rādere “to scratch, scrape”

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British Dictionary definitions for raster

raster

/ (ˈræstə) /


noun
  1. a pattern of horizontal scanning lines traced by an electron beam, esp on a television screen

verb
  1. to use web-based technology to turn a digital image into a large picture composed of a grid of black and white dots

Origin of raster

1
C20: via German from Latin: rake, from rādere to scrape

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