palettize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From palette +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpælɪtaɪz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpælɪtaɪz/, /ˈpælətaɪz/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpælətɑez/
  • Homophones: palatize, palletize
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

palettize (third-person singular simple present palettizes, present participle palettizing, simple past and past participle palettized)

  1. (transitive, computer graphics) To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.

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