"palettize" meaning in English

See palettize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpælɪtaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpælɪtaɪz/ [US], /ˈpælətaɪz/ [US], /ˈpælətɑez/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-uk-palettize.ogg Forms: palettizes [present, singular, third-person], palettizing [participle, present], palettized [participle, past], palettized [past], palettise [alternative]
Etymology: From palette + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|palette|ize}} palette + -ize Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-palettize-en-verb-H-oV2Cev Categories (other): Computer graphics Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. Misspelling of palletize Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: palletize
    Sense id: en-palettize-en-verb-NrdoYU7D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: palettization, palletize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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