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inpainting

inpainting noun: a technique in which missing or damaged portions of images are reconstructed by interpolation of surrounding areas. Also the present participle and gerund of inpaint.

Noun

inpainting (countable and uncountable, plural inpaintings)

  1. A technique in which missing or damaged portions of images are reconstructed by interpolation of surrounding areas.
    • The philosophy behind Bayesian inpainting is quite simple and intuitive (see Figure 1): the way we human inpainters inpaint an incomplete picture mostly relies on two factors— […]2012, Tony F. Chan, Yunqing Huang, Tao Tang, Recent Progress in Computational and Applied PDES, page 75
  2. A portion of an image created by this technique.

Also used as

inpainting is also the present participle and gerund of inpaint.

Forms of inpainting

pluralinpaintings

Questions about inpainting

What does inpainting mean?
Inpainting means a technique in which missing or damaged portions of images are reconstructed by interpolation of surrounding areas.
What part of speech is inpainting?
Inpainting is a noun.
What is the plural of inpainting?
The plural of inpainting is inpaintings.

Words near inpainting in the dictionary

  1. INP
  2. inpaint
  3. inpainted
  4. inpainter
  5. inpainters
  6. inpainting
  7. inpaintings
  8. inpaints
  9. inparliance
  10. inpat
  11. inpatient

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