A line by line scan of area by an electron beam or other scanning device to read or produce an image (on a television screen, computer monitor, etc.); an image generated by such a scan.
verb
Electronics
with objectRaster.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Electronics 1960s; earliest use found in Applied Physics Letters.
Definition of raster scan in US English:
raster scan
noun
Electronics
A line by line scan of area by an electron beam or other scanning device to read or produce an image (on a television screen, computer monitor, etc.); an image generated by such a scan.
verb
Electronics
with objectRaster.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Electronics<br>1960s; earliest use found in Applied Physics Letters.