"flood fill" meaning in All languages combined

See flood fill on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flood fills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flood fill (plural flood fills)
  1. (computer graphics) A means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point. Categories (topical): Computer graphics Synonyms: seed fill
    Sense id: en-flood_fill-en-noun-at-su2e5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: flood fills [present, singular, third-person], flood filling [participle, present], flood filled [participle, past], flood filled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} flood fill (third-person singular simple present flood fills, present participle flood filling, simple past and past participle flood filled)
  1. (computer graphics, transitive) To fill (an area) in this manner. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-flood_fill-en-verb-z2A4zC~v Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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