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descreen

descreen verb: to remove Moiré-pattern artifacts when scanning half-tone printed images.

Verb

descreen (third-person singular simple present descreens, present participle descreening, simple past and past participle descreened)

  1. (transitive) To remove Moiré-pattern artifacts when scanning half-tone printed images.
    • This software feature is used to descreen digital images produced from half-tone printed sources.

Forms of descreen

third-person singular presentdescreens
present participledescreening
past participledescreened
pastdescreened

Origin of descreen

From de- + screen. The Moiré pattern often gives the effect of viewing an image through a screen.

Questions about descreen

What does descreen mean?
Descreen means to remove Moiré-pattern artifacts when scanning half-tone printed images.
What part of speech is descreen?
Descreen is a verb.
What is the past tense of descreen?
The past tense of descreen is descreened.

Words near descreen in the dictionary

  1. descrambled
  2. descrambler
  3. descramblers
  4. descrambles
  5. descrambling
  6. descreen
  7. descreened
  8. descreening
  9. descreens
  10. descrescendi
  11. descrescendo

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