"flood fill" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Synonyms: seed fill Translations (Translations): 泛洪填充 (fànhóng tiánchōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 漫水填充 (mànshuǐ tiánchōng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-flood_fill-en-noun-at-su2e5 Categories (other): Computer graphics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 36 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

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
    Sense id: en-flood_fill-en-verb-z2A4zC~v Categories (other): Computer graphics Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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