inpaint

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verb

To reconstruct missing or damaged portions of images by interpolation of surrounding areas.

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Meanings

verbinpaint (third-person singular simple present inpaints, present participle inpainting, simple past and past participle inpainted)

present singular third person inpaints · participle present inpainting · participle past inpainted · past inpainted

  1. To reconstruct missing or damaged portions of images by interpolation of surrounding areas.

    The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]

    2012, Tony F. Chan, Yunqing Huang, Tao Tang, Recent Progress in Computational and Applied PDES, page 75

Origin

From in- + paint.

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APA

inpaint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpaint

MLA

“inpaint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpaint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inpaint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpaint.

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