: 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)
Examples of raster in a Sentence
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This beam was raster scanned across a square target area 22 micrometers on a side.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2024
Acorn is an inexpensive Photoshop alternative for macOS that works with both raster and vector images.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Potential areas of interest for the CMA include all-in-one product design software, vector editing software, and raster editing software.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2023
Finally, Chrome has been modified to ignore unnecessary style, layout, paint, raster, and GPU steps on websites, with a similar update also implemented to the Chrome UI.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
Unlike raster displays, which assemble an image from sprites laid out on lines of horizontal pixels, vector displays bend an electron beam into discrete lines or curves that make up simple geometric shapes on the glowing phosphor.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2022
Exhibited at a small gallery in Germany, Paik's Zen for TV reduced the image on the screen to a single raster line.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 May 2021
From mobile to desktop, vector map to raster, your stakeholders need a consistent map.
—Khaled Naim, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Essentially, in rasterization, the camera represents a raster pixel grid (hence, rasterization).
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 20 Aug. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2024
Acorn is an inexpensive Photoshop alternative for macOS that works with both raster and vector images.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Potential areas of interest for the CMA include all-in-one product design software, vector editing software, and raster editing software.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2023
Finally, Chrome has been modified to ignore unnecessary style, layout, paint, raster, and GPU steps on websites, with a similar update also implemented to the Chrome UI.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
Unlike raster displays, which assemble an image from sprites laid out on lines of horizontal pixels, vector displays bend an electron beam into discrete lines or curves that make up simple geometric shapes on the glowing phosphor.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2022
Exhibited at a small gallery in Germany, Paik's Zen for TV reduced the image on the screen to a single raster line.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 May 2021
From mobile to desktop, vector map to raster, your stakeholders need a consistent map.
—Khaled Naim, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
Essentially, in rasterization, the camera represents a raster pixel grid (hence, rasterization).
—Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 20 Aug. 2018
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“Raster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raster. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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