anti-aliasing

noun

an·​ti-ali·​as·​ing

ˌan-tē-ˈā-lē-ə-siŋ,

-ˈāl-yə-,

ˌan-ˌtī- 

variants or antialiasing

: a procedure used in digital graphics processing for smoothing lines and removing visual distortions

Examples of anti-aliasing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nvidia’s latency-reducing Reflex technology and DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) AI-based anti-aliasing are also available. —Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

anti- + alias entry 2 (in sense "spurious frequency generated during digital processing of an image") + -ing entry 1

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above