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pixel
[ pik-suhl, -sel ]
noun
- the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system.
pixel
/ ˈpɪksəl /
noun
- any of a number of very small picture elements that make up a picture, as on a visual display unit
pixel
/ pĭk′səl /
- The most basic unit of an image displayed on a computer or television screen or on a printer. Pixels are generally arranged in rows and columns; a given combination among the pixels of various brightness and color values forms an image.
- ◆ A subpixel is one of three components of a pixel used in the representation of a color image. Each subpixel represents the contribution of a single color—red, green, or blue—to the overall color and brightness of the pixel.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pixel1
A Closer Look
Example Sentences
They have a lot of pixels on our page, and a lot of pixels on a lot of other publishers’ pages.
The speed of pixels moving across your field of vision is different to the speed of the player.
In good light, it uses all of the pixels on the sensor individually.
If you have first-party data by way of pixel or email lists, that’s where I would start.
To take precise brightness measurements of a star, we would need to be able to keep its center of brightness fixed to the same tiny fraction of a pixel, far finer than the width of a human hair.
I think I would be a drifting pixel in the online dating world right now.
Inevitably, this time next year we will see 2,880 x 1,800 pixel screens all over the place.
She lives in the same house as Pixel, our Italian Greyhound, who is something of a celebrity in Oaxaca.
Technical Note: The illustrations were scanned at 400ppi and scaled to 25% by pixel count.
For this e-text, Plates were rescaled to 25% by pixel count, while most Figures were rescaled to 33%.
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