posterize

A posterized photograph, reduced to 256 colors.

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.
  • To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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