"aliasing" meaning in English

See aliasing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: aliasings [plural]
Etymology: From alias + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|alias|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aliasing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aliasing"> From alias + -ing., {{ety|en|:af|alias|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=1}} From alias + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} aliasing (plural aliasings)
  1. (signal processing, graphics, sound recording) Distortion caused by a low sampling rate, such as a moiré effect or jaggies. Derived forms: antialiasing Translations (distortion caused by a low sampling rate): grajneco (Esperanto), laskostuminen (Finnish), vierastuminen (Finnish), repliement de spectre [masculine] (French), crénelage [masculine] (French), aliasing (Indonesian), aliasing [masculine] (Portuguese), serrilhado [masculine] (Portuguese), serrilhamento [masculine] (Portuguese), vikningseffekt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-aliasing-en-noun-JseqfpE3 Categories (other): Signal processing, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 91 9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing

Verb

Etymology: From alias + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|alias|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aliasing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aliasing"> From alias + -ing., {{ety|en|:af|alias|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=1}} From alias + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} aliasing
  1. present participle and gerund of alias Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: alias
    Sense id: en-aliasing-en-verb-J~GGiB3k Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 39 61

Inflected forms

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