Definition of "remaster" [remaster]

• To master again, especially to produce a new master recording of (an old recording) in order to improve the sound quality. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A 4K (Bladerunner style) remaster is coming to Blu-ray in April."
• "A remaster was my only option because it would not boot anything that did not have the new NVidia drivers installed."
• "Side-to-side comparisons, unfortunately, reveal the Blu-ray edition to have been culled from the same remaster, which is not a bad thing except that it shows only a small improvement in picture quality."