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RASTER
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I. (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)
