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raster

/ˈɹæstɚ/ US
/ˈɹɑːstə(ɹ)/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like rasta(in some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).

noun rasters

A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.
Similar: bitmap, pixmap

verb rasters · rastering · rastered

To scan in parallel lines.

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noun scanning pattern of parallel lines

Deutsch	Raster

noun computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines

Español	ráster
Português	raster, matricial
Deutsch	Rasterbild, Rastergrafik, Pixelgrafik
Ελληνικά	ράστερ ráster

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@misc{raster_2026,
  title = {raster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}