a·li·as·ing

[ey-lee-uh-sing]
noun
a jagged, stairstep effect on curved or diagonal lines that are reproduced in low resolution, as on a computer printout or display.
Also called jaggies.
Compare antialiasing.
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aliasing (ˈeɪlɪəsɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
radio, television the error in a vision or sound signal arising from limitations in the system that generates or processes the signal

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aliasing   (ā'lē-ə-sĭng)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines in computer graphics caused by limited or diminished screen resolution. Compare antialiasing.

  2. Distortion in a reproduced sound wave caused by a low sampling rate during the recording of the sound signal as digital information.


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aliasing definition


1. When several different identifiers refer to the same object. The term is very general and is used in many contexts.
See alias, aliasing bug, anti-aliasing.
2. (Or "shadowing") Where a hardware device responds at multiple addresses because it only decodes a subset of the address lines, so different values on the other lines are ignored.
(1998-03-13)

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Example sentences
Aliasing of data causes the introduction of a false signal that is not contained in the original data.
Because small features can have anomalies as big or bigger than larger deeper features the potential for aliasing is great.
Velocity aliasing is a particularly difficult problem that generally requires human intervention to do nearly perfectly.
Where film's diagonal lines sometimes appear jagged on plasma, this set runs a special anti-aliasing algorithm to fix the problem.
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antialiasing
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