flood fill

noun, verb — 2 senses

flood fill

noun
1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.

flood fill

verb
1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To fill (an area) in this manner.

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