Aliasing Definition
ālē-ə-sĭng, ālyə-
noun
Visible or audible distortion introduced into digital information, such as images or audio signals, caused when a continuous line or transition is not smoothly captured or represented because of the low resolution or sampling rate of a digital medium.
American Heritage
The appearance of jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines in computer graphics.
American Heritage
(signal processing, graphics, sound recording) Distortion caused by a low sampling rate, as Moire effect or stair-stepped edges.
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verb
Present participle of alias.
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