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RASTERIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (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)