RASTER


Meaning of RASTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈras-tər ]

noun

Etymology: German, from Latin raster, rastrum rake, from radere to scrape

Date: 1934

: a scan pattern (as of the electron beam in a cathode-ray tube) in which an area is scanned from side to side in lines from top to bottom ; also : a pattern of closely spaced rows of dots that form an image (as on the cathode-ray tube of a television or computer display)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.