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flood fill

flood fill noun: a means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.

flood fill: a means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be...
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Noun

flood fill (plural flood fills)

  1. A means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.
    Synonyms:
    seed fill

Verb

flood fill (third-person singular simple present flood fills, present participle flood filling, simple past and past participle flood filled)

  1. (transitive) To fill (an area) in this manner.

Synonyms of flood fill

Forms of flood fill

Noun
pluralflood fills
Verb
third-person singular presentflood fills
present participleflood filling
past participleflood filled
pastflood filled

Questions about flood fill

What does flood fill mean?
Flood fill means a means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.
What part of speech is flood fill?
Flood fill can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of flood fill?
The plural of flood fill is flood fills.

Words near flood fill in the dictionary

  1. flood
  2. flood basalt
  3. flood basalts
  4. flood chute
  5. flood chutes
  6. flood fill
  7. flood fills
  8. flood frosting
  9. flood gate
  10. flood gates
  11. flood geology

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