pixel
nounEtymology
pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.
Definitions
One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
- We have chosen to sample at a 500 KC rate and we define each one of these samples as a picture element or pixel. We have sampled each pixel with 6-bit accuracy which is commensurate with the signal/noise ratio and the data accuracy.
- In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.
One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.
A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that…
A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.
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To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.
- Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.
The neighborhood
- synonympel
- synonympictel
- synonympx
- neighborgigapixel
- neighborkilopixel
- neighbormacropixel
- neighbormegapixel
- neighbormicropixel
- neighborterapixel
Derived
biopixel, dead pixel, dixel, edgel, flixel, interpixel, mixel, multipixel, nonpixel, peep pixels, pixel art, pixelate, pixelated, pixelation, pixelfuck, pixel hunt, pixel hunting, pixelisation, pixelization, pixelize, pixellated, pixelly, pixelmap, pixel peep, pixel peeper, pixel-perfect, pixel pusher, pixelscape, pixel shader, pixel shifting, pixel sorting, pixel tracking, pixelwise, pixely, pixmap, sixel, spaxel, stuck pixel, subpixel, superpixel · +3 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pixel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pixel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at pixel
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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