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Computer interrupt in home computers triggered by video output
A raster interrupt (also called a horizontal blank interrupt) is an interrupt signal in a legacy computer system which is used for display timing. It
Raster_interrupt
Video microchip in the Commodore 64 and C128 home computers
control registers via machine code hooked into the raster interrupt routine (the scanline interrupt), one can program the chip to generate significantly
MOS_Technology_VIC-II
8-bit home computer introduced in 1982
For this to happen, a user programs the VIC-II that it generates a raster interrupt when video flyback occurs. This technique is used in the Space Invaders
Commodore_64
Home computer released in 1985
published a type-in program that exploited this difference by using a raster interrupt to enable fast mode when the bottom of the visible screen was reached
Commodore_128
Topics referred to by the same term
a raster image Raster image processor, or RIP, a component of a printing system that performs rasterisation Raster interrupt, a computer interrupt signal
Raster_(disambiguation)
Computer interrupt in home computers triggered by video output.
animation. For examples of computers that support VBIs, see raster interrupt. Horizontal blank interrupt Chernicoff, Stephen (1985). Macintosh Revealed. Hayden
Vertical_blank_interrupt
Video game visual effect
trigger an interrupt, specifically called a raster interrupt, when the horizontal blanking interval or the vertical sync begins; thus, an interrupt handler
Raster_bar
1987 home computer
VRAM (can be multiplied up to 512 sprites on screen with scanline raster interrupt method) Sprite size: 16×16 Colors per sprite: 16 colors per palette
X68000
Visual artifact in video display
time point relative to the display hardware's refresh cycle, known as raster interrupt or racing the beam. In that case, the software writes to the areas
Screen_tearing
Portable version of the Commodore 64 computer
KB RAM + 20 KB ROM Graphics VIC-II (320 x 200, 16 colors, sprites, raster interrupt) Sound SID 6581 (3x Osc, 4x Wave, Filter, ADSR, Ring) Connectivity
Commodore_SX-64
1979–1991 home computer series
height in scan lines. An instruction also indicates if it contains an interrupt, if fine scrolling is enabled, and optionally where to fetch the display
Atari_8-bit_computers
Technique in computer graphics
More advanced raster techniques can produce interesting effects. A system can achieve a very effective depth of field if layers with rasters are combined;
Parallax_scrolling
Computer graphics chip
CPU-serviced interrupt routine, called the "Display List Interrupt", at specific scan lines (also called "raster interrupt" or "Horizontal Blank Interrupt" on
ANTIC
2009 book by Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort
an inspiration for attempting to write new games for the platform. Raster interrupt Kohler, Chris (2009-03-19). "Racing the Beam: How Atari 2600's Crazy
Racing_the_Beam
1982 home computer
KB color RAM Graphics VIC-II 6566 (320 x 200, 16 colors, sprites, raster interrupt) Sound SID 6581 (3x Osc, 4x Wave, Filter, ADSR, Ring) Predecessor VIC-20
MAX_Machine
1984 home computer
display 256 characters in the text mode. It may use graphics split by raster interrupt and show pictures at 320x288 resolution. This, with interlaced mode
Plus/4
Computer
64 KB (upgradeable) Graphics VIC-II (320×200, 16 colors, sprites, raster interrupt) Sound SID 6581/8580 (3× osc, 4× wave, filter, ADSR, ring) Controller
Educator_64
Series of 8-bit personal computers released in 1982
software had to include its own OS routines to handle device I/O and interrupts, as it is not possible to "far call" code across different memory banks
Commodore_CBM-II
2D bitmap displayed over a larger scene
and do not include additional programming techniques, such as using raster interrupts to repurpose sprites mid-frame. 2.5D Hague, James. "Why Do Dedicated
Sprite_(computer_graphics)
Integrated circuit chip used in the Commodore VIC-20
scrolling or raster interrupts like on the VIC-II, but the scanline counters could be polled for a specific point on the screen to produce raster effects.
MOS_Technology_VIC
Computer graphics design system for retained mode command storage and execution
horizontally or vertically fine-scrolled, and trigger Display List Interrupts (called raster interrupts or HBI on other systems). The Amstrad PCW family contains
Display_list
Single board microcomputer
CPU (a Tesla clone of the Intel 8080), clocked at 1.111 MHz. Instead of a raster graphic display output and classical keyboard, it had a calculator-style
PMI-80
Time between drawing frames or fields
interoperability issues. Vertical blank interrupt Datacasting Horizontal blanking interval Nominal analogue blanking Raster scan Weise, Marcus; Weynand, Diana
Vertical_blanking_interval
Japanese fantasy light novel series and its adaptations
loyal ally to Rick. Raster Diarmuit (ラスター・ディルムット, Rasutā Dirumutto) Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Joshua Waters (English) Raster is the eldest of
The_Ossan_Newbie_Adventurer
8-bit microprocessor
were mostly +5 V. The other major change was the addition of four new interrupt pins and a serial port, with separate input and output pins. This was
Intel_8085
keystroke resulted in a processor interrupt. The sampled sound engine piggybacked on the video circuit. As the raster scan returned from the right side
Macintosh 128K/512K technical details
Macintosh_128K/512K_technical_details
Subscription-based offering from Adobe Inc.
our new innovation on the Creative Cloud". In May 2014 the service was interrupted for over a day due to a login outage leaving graphics professionals locked
Adobe_Creative_Cloud
Video/audio/input chip of the Atari 2600
support for hardware interrupts. Generally the analog side of the display system generates an interrupt when it finishes drawing a raster line and is getting
Television_Interface_Adaptor
Computer display mode based on characters
dozen bytes for each screen update in text mode, as opposed to complex raster graphics remote procedure calls that may require the transmission and rendering
Text_mode
Cylindrical equidistant map projection
mapping. In particular, the plate carrée has become a standard for global raster datasets, such as Celestia, NASA World Wind, the USGS Astrogeology Research
Equirectangular_projection
Games from the 1940s to the 1970s
monitor, to produce raster-based (filled-area images, as opposed to wireframe ones) imagery." Wolf 2007, p. 5. "Because both vector and raster games used CRTs
Early_history_of_video_games
File format and programming language
printing applications. An interpreter (sometimes referred to as a RIP for Raster Image Processor) for the PostScript language was a common component of laser
PostScript
1982 technical book
player/missile graphics, the vertical blank interrupt and display list interrupts (a.k.a. raster interrupts), fine scrolling, and sound. Additional chapters
De_Re_Atari
GUI for Windows console applications
earlier, the full-screen console uses a hardware text mode and uploads a raster font to the video adapter, analogous to a text-based system console. This
Windows_Console
Computer input/output device for users
array of pixels. Since the raster image is only perceptible to the human eye as a whole for a very short time, the raster must be refreshed many times
Computer_terminal
Computer graphics standard from 1987
the underline will appear. Screen fonts used in EGA and VGA are monospace raster fonts containing 256 glyphs, and 2 fonts may be used simultaneously, for
VGA_text_mode
IBM PC graphic adapter and display standard
bit to fetch raster data from video memory. This implies that unless the size of a single scanline's raster data is a power of two, raster data cannot
Color_Graphics_Adapter
Software interface to attached devices
hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware
Device_driver
Text and graphics computer terminals
graphics workstations in the 1980s. These new graphics workstations used raster displays and dedicated screen buffers that became more affordable as solid-state
Tektronix_4010
1978 US microcomputer
programs and more. Single stepping was made possible using non-maskable interrupt (NMI). The command prompt was the less-than sign "<", and on receiving
AIM-65
List of colors used by video game systems
once. It is possible to display all 64 colors at once using raster effects (line interrupts). The console used a proprietary chip called Video Display
List of video game console palettes
List_of_video_game_console_palettes
All the data goes in a single transmission and that causes a single interrupt at the mainframe. Eventually, the mainframe responds, sometimes with a
Uniscope
Chipset used in Amiga personal computer
screen. The Copper can also change color registers mid-frame, creating the "raster bars" effect seen commonly in Amiga games. The Copper can go further than
Amiga_Original_Chip_Set
Electronic music genre
CDs used small bits of semi-transparent tape placed on disc surfaces to interrupt data reading, while Oval's Markus Popp used exacto knives, paint, and
Glitch_(music)
Video display controller for Acorn computers
of the 4096 available colours. Since the device had no horizontal sync interrupt, it was difficult to display additional colours by changing the palette
VIDC1
IBM computer family (1964–1977)
these OCR devices employed a 'flying spot' scanning principle, with the raster scan provided by a large CRT, and the reflected light density changes were
IBM_System/360
Printing process
adjacent equally spaced cells and centered dots. Digital halftoning uses a raster image or bitmap within which each monochrome picture element or pixel may
Halftone
Vertebrate brain region
somewhat larger in amplitude than theta waves. This pattern is occasionally interrupted by large surges called sharp waves. These events are associated with
Hippocampus
Family of block-oriented display terminals and printers made by IBM
and minimizes the data transmitted. Some users familiar with character interrupt-driven terminal interfaces find this technique unusual. There is also
IBM_3270
Programmable machine that processes data
prior to the interrupt, the computer can return to that task later. If several programs are running "at the same time", then the interrupt generator might
Computer
Memory used to store the framebuffer in graphics cards
of times it has to interrupt the CPU can be greatly reduced. Such operation is described in the paper "All points addressable raster display memory" by
Dual-ported_video_RAM
Discrete device in an electronic system
television picture tube (obsolete) Vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) – modern non-raster sort of small CRT display Magic eye tube – small CRT display used as a tuning
Electronic_component
Series of graphics terminals
transformation hardware, as opposed to being displayed using a traditional raster scanning method. The company referred to this type of operation as "random
Vector_General
16-bit microprocessor
causing the interrupt then set some state, typically via pins on the CPU, to indicate a particular interrupt number, N. When the interrupt is called, the
Zilog_Z8000
The University of Chicago Press, (2001): 187 Steinwand D. R., Mapping Raster Imagery to the Interrupted Goode Homolosine Projection. USGS Dec. 1, 2003.
John_Paul_Goode
1994 video game
featured in the game are "combo breakers", special defensive moves that can interrupt combos. A critical and commercial success, Killer Instinct was followed
Killer Instinct (1994 video game)
Killer_Instinct_(1994_video_game)
Lunar lander spacecraft
azimuth position of the mirror. This is because the image plane and scanning raster of the vidicon are stationary with respect to the mirror azimuth axis. The
Surveyor_1
Video or display resolutions with a width of around 4,000 pixels
A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macroblocks. Taylor & Francis. p. 47. ISBN 0-24080630-1. Retrieved 21
4K_resolution
Swedish music composer and visual artist (born 1956)
in Architecture" (Firework Editions), and "Ström" and "Leech" (both on Raster-Noton). Other visual works include "Red Pool" (Cities on the Move, Bangkok
Carl_Michael_von_Hausswolff
Brainwaves, repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system
increases or decreases in frequency and amplitude or show a temporary interruption, which is referred to as phase resetting. In addition, external activity
Neural_oscillation
Family of four-bit digital ICs
used four Am2901 ICs in their "math box" auxiliary circuit boards. Atari's raster graphics arcade machine I, Robot, the first commercial game featuring filled
AMD_Am2900
Distortion in the perception of time
biases Kappa effect – Perceptual error in judging the time between stimuli Raster scan – Rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction Saccadic
Chronostasis
Swedish artist (1862–1944)
Art, 1986. ISBN 0-89659-669-9, 0-87587130-5 LACMA : pbk Hilma af Klint, Raster Förlag, Stockholm. Swedish text, about 100 pictures. ISBN 91-87214-08-3
Hilma_af_Klint
Type of integrated circuit
bulk of the work. Normally these chips only support a very low resolution raster graphics mode. A CRTC, or cathode-ray tube controller, generates the video
Video_display_controller
erasure, nonabrasive, radula, radular, raduliform, rase, rash, rasorial, raster, rasure, subradular radi- beam, spoke Latin radius, radiāre radiance, radiation
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/R
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/R
American computer hardware company
of the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in hardware, with all 256 raster operations and tertiary functions, and hardware polygon acceleration. The
3dfx
System API—Application Programming Interface APIC—Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIPA—Automatic Private IP Addressing APL—A Programming Language
List of computing and IT abbreviations
List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
temporarily allowed) until an additional step is performed. BMP file format A raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images independently
Glossary_of_computer_science
erasure, nonabrasive, radula, radular, raduliform, rase, rash, rasorial, raster, rasure, subradular radi- beam, spoke Latin radius, radiāre radiance, radiation
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
File format
its DMA capabilities, the graphics chipset could access memory without interrupting the CPU. This technique is called double buffering. To better understand
ANIM
2019. Retrieved 21 November 2018. "Spur 3799: Richtige Fährte, falsches Raster". Der Spiegel. 21 April 1986. Retrieved 21 November 2018. "Tod in der Nische"
List of killings by law enforcement officers in pre-reunification Germany
List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_pre-reunification_Germany
Seasonal television show
allowed one to achieve limited, full-color, full-screen, pseudo-continuous, raster-graphics animation on a primitive consumer-grade personal computer, by flipping
Yule_Log_(TV_program)
State highway in Albany County, New York, US
by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York. 1981. Troy North Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation
New_York_State_Route_787
Measurement method using interference of waves
focused onto the tissue sample and scans the sample in an X-Y longitudinal raster pattern. The other interferometer arm is bounced off a reference mirror
Interferometry
Computer operating system
certain low-level details of the VAX architecture in PALcode, such as interrupt handling and atomic queue instructions. The VMS port to Alpha resulted
OpenVMS
when they are overrun by a sudden attack by Raster's forces as a new war ignites over Lodoss. Duke Raster has plans to rule over the whole of Lodoss.
List of Record of Lodoss War episodes
List_of_Record_of_Lodoss_War_episodes
Gaming generation from 1976 to 1992
that a normal TV set cannot display vector graphics, since the TV is a raster display.) At the time, many of the most popular arcade games, such as Asteroids
Second generation of video game consoles
Second_generation_of_video_game_consoles
Television content transmitted via signals in the air
Broadcasting Institute of Technology. However, these experiments were interrupted by the beginning of World War II in the Pacific. On February 1, 1953
Terrestrial_television
Graphics modes of home computers in the 1970s and 1980s
Transparency Mixer shader". Libretro Forums. 4 November 2020. "Transparency – Raster Scroll Books". "RGB Composite Screenshot Comparison". www.chrismcovell.com
Composite_artifact_colors
Home computer
feature missing from the CGA. The CGA also does not provide a VBLANK interrupt, making it hard to detect when the screen was beginning to be drawn, but
IBM_PCjr
Rendering method
source emits a ray of light which travels, eventually, to a surface that interrupts its progress. One can think of this "ray" as a stream of photons traveling
Ray_tracing_(graphics)
Reception of satellite television from FSS-type satellites
from the television network with which a station is affiliated, without interruption due to inclement weather. BUDs are also still useful for picking-up weak
Television_receive-only
Part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement of visual elements on a page
the original proportions, static placement, and style of the content. All raster image formats are static layouts in effect, but a static layout may include
Page_layout
Bootstrap firmware used by Amiga computers
and a number of core CLI commands Graphics library for basic drawing and raster graphics functions using the native Amiga chipset Audio device driver for
Kickstart_(Amiga)
miner lynched during World War I because of anti-German sentiment Hermann Raster – Chicago politician, editor, and abolitionist Walter Reuther – labor leader
List_of_German_Americans
List of definitions of terms and concepts used in electrical engineering and electronics
that can be fabricated by printed circuit board technology. monoscope A raster scan video device that generates a single fixed image for test or identification
Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering
Glossary_of_electrical_and_electronics_engineering
Since diagrams consist largely of whitespace and a few lines, a simple raster scan would be too time-consuming. Instead, when the program noticed a line
DAC-1
Swiss footballer (born 1986)
Retrieved 6 November 2020. "Eintracht Frankfurt: Lucas Torro fällt durch alle Raster - und vielleicht aus dem Kader" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. 18 October
Gelson_Fernandes
commonly raster operations, but can also be applied in vector environments using a triangulated irregular network to model a surface. interruption Any place
Glossary of geography terms (A–M)
Glossary_of_geography_terms_(A–M)
the War Atak "Door No. 2" Ctrl Alt Del Nomad "Untitled" Frequencies [Hz] Raster-Noton "Untitled" Jpech Jpech "Routemaster – Tokyo Mix Live" Routemaster
Masami_Akita_discography
Operating system for Amiga computers
via graphics.library, which provides an API for geometric primitives, raster graphic operations and handling of sprites. As this API could be bypassed
AmigaOS
January 4, 2026. "Calculation based on altimetric data from converted SRTM1 raster maps using QGIS software". Retrieved on December 4, 2025. The same situation
Erg_Tiffernine
Moraine relief in Ivrea, Italy
e geomorfologico. Torino: Provincia di Torino. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) della Regione Piemonte - 2007 "Geologia". Archived from
Ivrea_Morainic_Amphitheatre
German researcher and applied physicist (1907–1997)
Technische Hochschule Dresden Environmental scanning electron microscope Raster scan Russian Alsos German inventors and discoverers "Manfred von Ardenne
Manfred_von_Ardenne
of sight at the top and bottom of a television picture that allows the raster gun to reset. The space created is often used for Teletext and other services
Glossary of broadcasting terms
Glossary_of_broadcasting_terms
Mainframe computer by Control Data
(that is, with an address which is not less than FL) will trigger an interrupt, and will be terminated by the operating system. When this happens, the
CDC_6600
Polish painter, drawer, and photographer (born 1974)
Award [pl] for the book Rysunki wawelskie (2025) "Marcin Maciejowski". raster.art.pl. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2026
Marcin_Maciejowski
Serial computer terminal
graphics terminal, a 2645A derivative which added 720×360 black-and-white raster graphics in a separate graphics page that could overlay the main text memory
HP_2640
1980 office desktop computer
the Displaywriter disk subsystem and graphics card prevent HDD support or raster/vector graphics support from being possible. That said, most CP/M-86 software
IBM_Displaywriter_System
portions near their mouth, where channels tend to be deeper and wider. raster A representation of spatial data within a two-dimensional image that defines
Glossary of geography terms (N–Z)
Glossary_of_geography_terms_(N–Z)
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a hypercorrected form of Easter.
Girl/Female
Anglo Saxon American English Persian
Goddess of the dawn.
Boy/Male
British, English, French, Scottish
Curly Haired; Variant of Fraser of the Forest Men
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English : variant of Coster.The American military officer George Custer (1839–76) was a descendant of a German officer from Hesse by the name of Küster.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have derived from any of the following: 1) Middle English foster, FOSTER means "foster-parent," 2) forster, meaning "forester," 3) forster, meaning "shearer," or 4) fuyster, meaning "saddle-tree maker."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Castor.Americanized spelling of German Kaster.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : variant of Lester.English (East Anglia) : occupational name for a maker of cobblers’ lasts, from Middle English last, lest, the wooden form in the shape of a foot used for making or repairing shoes (Old English lÇ£ste from lÄst ‘footprint’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’, Old English ēasterra, in form a comparative of ēast ‘east’ (see East).English : habitational name from a group of villages in Essex, named from Old English eowestre ‘sheepfold’.English : nickname for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time (Old English ēastre, perhaps from the name of a pagan festival connected with the dawn).Translation of the German family name Oster.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname from Middle High German agelster ‘magpie’, which was known especially in the Middle Ages for mischievous tricks.English : perhaps a variant of Easter.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the holiday name "Easter," which is related to Old English Eosturmónaþ/Eastermónaþ, EASTER means "April."
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Born at Easter
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Born at Easter; Goddess of the Dawn; Easter Time
Male
Gaelic
Gaelic form of Latin Alexandrus, ALASTER means "defender of mankind."
Boy/Male
English
From the Roman camp.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, German, Indian
Transporter of Goods with a Cart; Cart Driver; Carter; Someone who Uses a Cart
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, CARTER means "carter," someone who uses a cart.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Pastor 2.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Polish pasterz ‘shepherd’.English : generally a variant of Pastor, but possibly in some cases an occupational name for a baker, from an agent derivative of Old French paste ‘paste or dough’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Caistor, in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, Caister in Norfolk, or Castor in Cambridgeshire, all named with Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or town’.
Male
English
Low German pet form of Latin Silvester, FESTER means "from the forest."
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Kingsford, for example in Essex, Devon, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. The name ostensibly means ‘the king’s ford’, but the one in Worcestershire is named as Cēningaford ‘ford of Cēna’s people’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a patronymic from Lute.
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Muruga
Girl/Female
Indian
Unique
Girl/Female
African, American, Christian, Gaelic, Indian
Noble; Virtuous; The Feminine of Brian; High Hill; Force; Strength
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, German, Indian, Muslim, Tamil, Turkish
The Prophet Mohammad's Daughter; Daughter of Muhammad; Abstainer; Form of Fatima
Boy/Male
Latin
Lame.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, in part probably from places in Oxfordshire and Berkshire called Culham. The first is named with an Old English personal name CÅ«la + hamm ‘river meadow’; the Berkshire name is from Old English cyln ‘kiln’ + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘river meadow’.Scottish : reduced form of McCollum.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil
Shining
Girl/Female
Muslim
Happiness
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a.
Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
n.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
n.
The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
n.
One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.
n.
One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.
v. t.
To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
n.
A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
v. t.
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
n.
A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
n.
That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
v. t.
To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
v. i.
To move in a canter.
n.
See Caster, a small wheel.
n.
One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
n.
That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
n.
One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
n.
The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.
v. t.
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
n.
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
n.
One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.