raster

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

noun

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.

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bitmappixmap
OriginGerman Raster ← Latin rāster →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

nounraster (plural rasters)

plural rasters

  1. businessA 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.
  2. computer graphicsA bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

    Synonyms: bitmap, pixmap

verbraster (third-person singular simple present rasters, present participle rastering, simple past and past participle rastered)

present singular third person rasters · participle present rastering · participle past rastered · past rastered

  1. To scan in parallel lines.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

Similar
bitmappixmap
Also see
bitmappixmap

Origin

  1. Latinrāster
  2. GermanRaster
  3. Englishraster

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

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Translations

Esperanto rastero, rastrumo
  • rasterocomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
  • rastrumocomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
German Raster, Rasterbild
  • Rasterscanning pattern of parallel lines
  • Rasterbildcomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
  • Rastergrafikcomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
  • Pixelgrafikcomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
Greek ράστερ
  • ράστερ (ráster)computer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
Portuguese raster, matricial
  • rastercomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
  • matricialcomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines
Spanish ráster
  • rástercomputer graphics: a bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with raster

masterfasterdisasterpastorblasterplastercastorcasterasteralabasterheadmasterremastercadastrelastercotoneasterpastergastercremasteralastorKasterpiastreJasterpinasteradelaster
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Sounds the same

rasta(in some pronunciations)rasta(in some pronunciations)

Anagrams

arreststarer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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