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rez

rez

1 9.9
The number of small dots that make a screen or image clear
  • noun
  • /rɛz/
  • Texting
translation icon : resolución
  • Indeed, 20% smaller in exchange for a low-rez, non-magical screen is incredible, especially because 3mm thinner is very important, and high rez was very important, but only last year.
  • low rez

Examples

  • Among other Technicolor productions, which we anticipate using Warner's Ultra-rez process, were the works of Danny Kaye.

    Blog text (31)
  • "I walked my machine to a low ridge overlooking the town and scanned the target with my high-rez nocs.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • I prefer the rez school's exclusivity.

  • That late June snowstorm wiped out most of the rez's corn and tomatoes.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • They would take a low red rez raster of your your image and then give you a design for mosaic as a as a as a kit.

  • Indeed, 20% smaller in exchange for a low-rez, non-magical screen is incredible, especially because 3mm thinner is very important, and high rez was very important, but only last year.

    Blog text (27)
  • Over a monitor, the dungeon set updates every six seconds, the slowly changing low-rez version of the action on the set: a woman tied to a chair with bright surgical tubing.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I couldn't see the details of the image because the rez was too low.

  • Using a higher rez will greatly improve the clarity of the video.

  • My new monitor has a high rez, making the colors look much more vibrant.

Synonyms

resolution
vsrez
  • Specialized
91 3.9

How clear and detailed an image or screen looks

is an informal short form used for pixel or screen clarity

How Clear

high-resolution
  • Specialized
22 3.8
rez
  • Texting
1 9.9
low-resolution
  • Specialized
4 4.6

Surface Forms

rez singular
rezs plural

Morphology

rez = reservation (semi-transparent) = resolution + reservation

Informal clipping of 'reservation' to 'rez' is sociolinguistic slang and may not be immediately recognized by all learners.

Etymology

The word rez is a short form of resolution, which means 'clarity' or how many little dots called pixels an image has. So when people talk about the rez, they mean how sharp or clear a picture or screen looks.