Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rasterize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ras-ter-ize
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert (an image) into a grid of points, such as a bitmap, for display or printing.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English raster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English rasterize From raster + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

rasterizes (present, singular) rasterizing (participle, present) rasterized (participle, past) rasterized (past) rasterise (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

raster rasterization rasterized rasterizer vectorize

Questions

What does rasterize mean?: To convert (an image) into a grid of points, such as a bitmap, for display or printing.
Where does rasterize come from?: Etymology tree English raster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English rasterize From raster + -ize.

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