rasterisation

process of describing an image in terms of a pixel or voxel grid (named after the Latin word for rake, as the picture/volumetric elements are usually arranged in lines like those produced by a rake)
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rasterisation

Summary

rasterisation is a concept[1]. rasterisation draws 306 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #206 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • rasterisation's image is recorded as Raster graphic fish 20x23squares sdtv-example.png[3].
  • rasterisation's image is recorded as Top-left triangle rasterization rule.gif[4].
  • rasterisation's instance of is recorded as concept[5].
  • rake is named after rasterisation[6].
  • rasterisation's subclass of is recorded as rendering[7].
  • rasterisation's subclass of is recorded as image editing[8].
  • rasterisation's subclass of is recorded as transformation[9].
  • rasterisation's Commons category is recorded as Rasterization[10].
  • rasterisation's opposite of is recorded as vectorization[11].
  • rasterisation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gc35[12].
  • rasterisation's product or material produced is recorded as raster graphics[13].
  • rasterisation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 427163[14].

Why It Matters

rasterisation draws 306 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #206 of 912).[2] rasterisation has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] rasterisation is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). rasterisation. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rasterisation
MLA “rasterisation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rasterisation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rasterisation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{rasterisation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rasterisation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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