"blit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blit (plural blits)
  1. (computer graphics) A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics. Categories (topical): Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-blit-en-noun-BogCG4tD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: blits [present, singular, third-person], blitting [participle, present], blitted [participle, past], blitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit. Head templates: {{en-verb}} blit (third-person singular simple present blits, present participle blitting, simple past and past participle blitted)
  1. (computing, transitive) To transfer by a blit operation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: blittable, blitter, bob, shadebob
    Sense id: en-blit-en-verb-t~Y3ltdZ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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