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Meaning
Verb
●
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.
●
In Basketball:
To
score
a
slam dunk
by
leaping
over another player.
Sourced from
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Origin
posterize
English
-ize
English
-isen
Middle English (1100-1500)
-iser
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
-izare
Latin
-ιζειν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
poster
English
Sourced from
Etym
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