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Definition: Raster |
RasterNoun1. Formation consisting of the set of horizontal lines composed of pixels that is used to form an image on a CRT. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Raster |
Aerospace | The pattern followed by the electron beam exploring element scanning the screen of a television transmitter or receiver. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An information or signal structure which allows a receiver to identify uniquely an information channel. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The predetermined regular pattern of scanning lines that provides substantially uniform coverage of an area of the screen or target. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A scanning pattern used in generating, recording or reproducing television, facsimile or graphics images on a screen. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geological | A raster image is a matrix of row and column data points whose values represent energy being reflected or emitted from the object being viewed. These values, or pixels, can be viewed on a display monitor as a black and white or color image. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Generation of large-area display by close-spaced horizontal lines scanned either alternaly or in sequence. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | The predetermined pattern of scanning lines which provides substantially uniform coverage of an area. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Raster |
| English words defined with "raster": raster font. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "raster": bit-mapped screen, black burst field, blackburst field, blitter ♦ cathode ray tube ♦ enhanced document processing ♦ fac-simile generation ♦ Hierarchical Data Format ♦ IMDISP, interlaced raster scanning ♦ Microscopy, Atomic Force ♦ PM 36, processable mode 36 ♦ Q113 ♦ raster blaster, raster burn, raster graphics, Raster Image File Format, raster line, raster subsystem, rasterbation, RASTERIZE, RBV, refresh rate ♦ scanned raster file ♦ terminal illness, trapezium distortion, troglodyte mode. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Raster" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (framework, graticule, grid, halftone screen, raster, screen), Swedish (screen), Turkish (raster). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Raster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Raster" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 42 | 52,864 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "raster": interlaced raster scanning ♦ raster blaster ♦ raster burn ♦ raster font ♦ raster graphics ♦ Raster Image File Format ♦ raster subsystem ♦ scanned raster file. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "raster": raster-based, raster-coded, raster-mask, raster-scanned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
raster to vector | 102 |
raster | 82 |
raster to vector conversion | 30 |
raster image | 20 |
raster image processor | 18 |
raster graphic | 13 |
design raster | 10 |
raster to vector software | 10 |
comparison image processor raster | 8 |
autodesk design raster | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "raster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | растер (screen). (various references) | |
Danish | raster, ramme (baseboard, bent, frame, framework, framing, outline, portal, to pun, to ram, to tamp, tool framework, tubular support stays). (various references) | |
Dutch | rooster (drain, grate, graticule, grating, grid, grid of an X-ray tube, grill, grillage, lattice, schedule, timetable, time-table), raster (field, frame, grid). (various references) | |
Finnish | rasteri, kehys (acoustic baffle, baffle, border, cadre, casing, chassis, collector box, enclosure, frame, framework, framing, functional absorber, pendant absorptive panel, rack, skeleton), hila (grid, grid of an X-ray tube, lattice, thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions). (various references) | |
French | trame, quadrillage, grille fondamentale, canevas. (various references) | |
German | Raster (anti-scatter grid, framework, graticule, grid, halftone screen, screen), Rastermuster. (various references) | |
Greek | κάνναβος, ράστερ, πλέγμα σάρωσης οθόνης καθοδικού σωλήνα, πλαίσιο (arch, bent, case body, casing, chase, chassis, coaming, context, edging, field, flask, frame, framework, framing, jamb, middle, moulding, moulding box, panel, portal, rack, stave, template, tubular support stays). (various references) | |
Italian | raster, trama (field, filling, frame, machinates, machination, plot, shoot, shute, story, texture, tram, weave, web, weft, woof), quadro rigato, quadro (description, field, management, outline, painting, panel, picture, rack, scene, sight, square, table, tableau), griglia fondamentale, frame (frame), area di registrazione (frame). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ラジウ 療法 (final effort before the end, last, last lap, last spurt, lathe, radiator, radical, radicalist, radio, radio car, Radio City, radio compass, radio control, radio controlled models, radiocarbon test, radio-cassette, radio-cassette player, radioisotope, radiometer, radiosonde, radium therapy, RAS, raster file, Remote Access Server, roster, rusk). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ラスター . (various references) | |
Korean | 방식. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asterray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | retícula (lattice), trama (cabal, conspiracy, filling, frame, intrigue, machination, net, network, plot, shoot, shute, trama, warp, web, weft, woof), quadro (board, cadre, chart, field, former, frame, framework, image, index, paint, painting, picture, presentment, scene, screen, skyscape, tableau, tablet, tabulation, tubular support stays). (various references) | |
Russian | растр растровый. (various references) | |
Spanish | rejilla de exploración total, raster, ráster, trama (field, fill, filling, filling weft, frame, pick, plot, screen, shoot, shute, thick-film screen, weft, woof), cuadrícula fundamental, cuadrícula (graticule, grid, grid of parallels and meridians, squares). (various references) | |
Swedish | raster (louver, louvre, screen, spill shield), ram (bent, border, border area, clean, door frame, door jamb, frame, framework, frame-work, framing, jamb, Mount, paw, portal, pure). (various references) | |
Turkish | raster. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "raster": rasters. (additional references) | |
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"Raster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arister, Aristera, Arsten, Cra'ster, Kaster, Oracstar, prister, raiter, Rantzer, raser, rasta, rastal, raste, rastered, rastet, rastor, rasuer, Ratsey, Ratzer, rauster, raystar, renster, restaur, resten, rester, restr, ricter, rosteg, Rostern, ruster, trister. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "raster" (pronounced ra"ster) |
| 4 | -a" s t er | aster, blaster, caster, Castor, disaster, faster, Gaster, grandmaster, headmaster, laster, master, oleaster, paster, pastor, pilaster, plaster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, banister, bannister, barrister, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, hamster, harvester, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, ouster, oyster, pester, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arrest, rarest, raters, starer, tarres, terras. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aster, rares, raser, rater, rates, rears, stare, tares, tarre, tears, terra. | |
-2 letters: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, errs, erst, etas, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar. | |
-3 letters: are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, err, ers, eta, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, as, at, er, es, et, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: armrest, arrests, artsier, barrets, barters, carters, craters, darters, errants, erratas, fraters, garrets, garters, graters, kraters, praters, rafters, ranters, rasters, ratters, restart, retards, retears, roaster, serrate, smarter, starers, starker, starred, starter, starver, strafer, strayer, tarries, tarsier, tearers, tracers, traders. | |
+2 letters: aborters, aerators, alterers, antrorse, arbiters, armrests, arrested, arrestee, arrester, arrestor, arteries, asserter, assertor, assorter, austerer, caterers, charters, creators, drafters, dragster, erratics, ferrates, garrotes, grafters, granters, narrates, oratress, partiers, partners, partyers, pasturer, praetors, prorates, quarters, raptures, rarebits, rarities, rattlers, reactors, realters, realtors, rearmost, rearrest, reassert, reassort, rebaters, recharts, recrates, redrafts, redstart, refracts, regrafts, regrants, regrates, relaters, relators, remaster, restarts, restoral, restrain, retakers, retraces, retracks, retracts, retrains, retreads, retreats, retrials, roadster, roasters, rostrate, rotaries, serrated, serrates, sororate, starkers, starrier, starters, startler, starvers, strafers, strainer, straiter, strander, stranger, strapper, strawier, strayers, streaker, streamer, taborers, taperers, tarriers, tarriest, tarsiers, terraces, terrains, terranes, terrases, thrasher, trackers, trailers, trainers, trampers, transfer, trappers, trashier, traverse, trawlers, treaders, treasure, treasury, treaters, urethras, warstler, waterers. | |
+3 letters: aberrants, abstruser, airstream, airstrike, apertures, arcatures, armatures, arrestant, arrestees, arresters, arresting, arrestors, arriviste, arrogates, arterials, arteritis, arthroses, asserters, assertors, assorters, banterers, barraters, barrenest, barretors, barrettes, barrister, barterers, berrettas, betrayers, birrettas, breathers, capturers, carburets, careerist, catbriers, cavorters, charriest, costarred, creatures, cremators, dragsters, dreariest, drysalter, earthrise, earthstar, easterner, estranger, falterers, firebrats, firetraps, foreparts, fractures, frustrate, garotters, garroters, garrottes, gatherers, harvester, heartsore, imparters, instarred, irrigates, irritates, latherers, marketers, martyries, narraters, narrowest, operators, oratories, oratrices, orchestra, overrates, palterers, parrokets, parroters, partakers, parterres, pasturers, patterers, perorates, phratries, plasterer, prankster, prattlers, predators, pretrains, pretreats, pretrials, priorates, prosateur, prostrate, pterosaur, quarterns, rabbiters, ratifiers, ratooners, ratteners, rearrests, reasserts, reassorts, recanters, recarpets, recreants, recreates, redactors, redbreast, redstarts, reformats, regathers, registrar, reheaters, remarkets, remasters, renatures, repartees, repeaters, replaster, rerepeats, resonator, restarted, restorals, restrains, restraint, retailers, retailors, retainers, retarders, retargets, rethreads, retiarius, retirants, retroacts, roadsters, rosewater, rostellar, rotatores, ruralites, saunterer, scarriest, scatterer, scratcher, secretary, separator, serrating, serration, smatterer, sororates, sparriest, spearwort, staggerer, stammerer, starchier, stargazer, starriest, startlers, sternward, straddler, straggler, strainers, stranders, strangers, strangler, strappers, streakers, streakier, streamers, streamier, streetcar, superstar, surrogate, swarthier, tabourers, tamperers, tarpapers, tartrates, taverners, teardrops, ternaries, terrapins, terrazzos, terrellas, tetramers, tetrarchs, thrashers, threaders, threapers, thwarters, toreadors, traceries, traducers, traitress, tramplers, transfers, transpire, travelers, traversal, traversed, traverser, traverses, treadlers, treasured, treasurer, treasures, turbaries, ultrareds, veratrias, veratrins, veratrums, vertebras, warstlers. | |
+4 letters: abstracter, adulterers, advertiser, aerometers, aftercares, afterwards, afterwords, airstreams, airstrikes, arbitrages, arbitrates, arboretums, archpriest, arrestants, arrestment, arrivistes, arterioles, artificers, artistries, astrologer, astrometry, astronomer, barometers, barratries, barretries, barristers, bartenders, birthrates, blatherers, breastwork, careerists, caretakers, carpenters, carritches, carrotiest, cartoppers, cartridges, cerebrates, characters, charterers, chartreuse, chatterers, clatterers, clearstory, cocreators, contraries, copartners, correlates, corrugates, cotransfer, craterlets, curtailers, curvatures, daytraders, deaerators, decorators, departures, desecrater, desecrator, detractors, dewaterers, distrainer, drysalters, drysaltery, earthrises, earthstars, earthwards, earthworks, earthworms, easterners, enraptures, entrainers, errantries, erraticism, estrangers, execrators, extractors, extraverts, ferryboats, firewaters, flatterers, forecaster, forgathers, formatters, forwardest, freshwater, frustrated, frustrates, garnitures, generators, geriatrics, grubstaker, hairstreak, harlotries, harvesters, heartburns, heartworms, hereafters, imperators, interlards, ironmaster, irradiates, irredentas, irridentas, liberators, literators, lusterware, macerators, margarites, marketeers, martyrizes, masterwork, mercurates, moderators, mortarless, mortgagers, mortuaries, narratives, nonstarter, numerators, oratresses, orchestral, orchestras, overassert, overdrafts, overeaters, overmaster, overreacts, overstrain, overtrades, overtrains, overtreats, overwaters, parameters, parrakeets, parritches, partridges, patrollers, perborates, perforates, permafrost, personator, plasterers, porterages, portrayers, postarrest, practicers, pranksters, preformats, preharvest, preheaters, prelatures, prematures, prestorage, pretorians, privateers, procreates, pronatores, prorogates, prosateurs, prostrated, prostrates, pterosaurs, rabbitries, racetracks, racketeers, raconteurs, rainforest, rainwaters, ratemeters, ratepayers, reafforest, rearrested, reasserted, reassorted, recaptures, recharters, rectorates, redbreasts, reentrants, reformates, refractors, registrant, registrars, regulators, rehydrates, reiterates, remastered, renovators, reoperates, repatterns, replasters, reportages, reprobates, reradiates, resonators, respirator, restarting, restaurant, restorable, restrained, restrainer, restraints, retardants, retardates, retractors, retransfer, retransmit, retreaters, retrievals, retropacks, revelators, revertants, ringmaster, riverboats, rotameters, rubricates, ruralities, sauerkraut, saunterers, scatterers, scratchers, scratchier, separators, serrations, shearwater, shirtmaker, shortbread, smatterers, spearworts, sportswear, staggerers, stammerers, starflower, stargazers, stereogram, sternwards, straddlers, stragglers, stragglier, straighter, strangered, stranglers, strawberry, streetcars, subtracter, supersmart, superstars, surrealist, surrogated, surrogates, sweetbriar, tambourers, tarriances, teaberries, terraforms, terrariums, tertiaries, tetraspore, tolerators, trademarks, traditores, trailerist, traitoress, transcribe, transducer, transferal, transferee, transferor, transgress, transpired, transpires, transverse, travellers, traversals, traversers, traversing, treasurers, treasuries, treasuring, treenwares, trespasser, triarchies, trierarchs, trihedrals, tristearin, triturates, trochlears, truantries, underparts, underrates, upperparts, varletries, venerators, veratrines, warrantees, warranters, warranties, waterbirds, watercress, watermarks, waterworks, yardmaster, yesteryear. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 73 74 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- ... - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526785867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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