"posterize" meaning in English

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        "To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another."
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        "(transitive) To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another."
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        "To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player."
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