pixel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɪk.səl/
- /ˈpɪk.sɛl/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
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.
2015 August 14, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal, volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 118–127: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.
1965 April, Fred C. Billingsley, “Digital Video Processing at JPL”, in Eugene B. Turner, editor, Electronic Imaging Techniques I, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3, Los Angeles:
- 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 represents either linear measure or area.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pixels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pixel shader · dead pixel · pixel peeper · superpixel · trixel · pixel shifting · pixelmap · peep pixels · spaxel · pixelscape · pixmap · pixel pusher · pixel peep · pixelated · pixelisation · subpixel · flixel · sixel · mixel · pixel-perfect · pixel art · nonpixel · pixel sorting · texel · pixelation · pixelate · biopixel · pixelfuck · pixelize · pixelization · pixel tracking · interpixel · pixelwise · pixelly · edgel · pixel hunting · stuck pixel · pixel hunt · pixellated · voxel · pixely · dixel · multipixel
Hyponyms
micropixel · megapixel · gigapixel · kilopixel · terapixel · macropixel
Synonyms
Translations (60)
fr pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ca píxel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · eo rastrumero (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · es píxel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · pl piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · uk пі́ксель (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ko 픽셀 (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · el εικονοστοιχείο (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · fi kuvapiste (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · sd عَڪسِل (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · sv bildpunkt (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ro pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · mi tongi (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · mk пи́ксел (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ja ドット (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · eo bildopunkto (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · cs pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · is díll (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · cmn 像素 (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ru пи́ксель (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · is myndeining (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · uz piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · is punktur (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · th พิกเซล (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · nb piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · eo bildero (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · fi pikseli (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ja 絵素 (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · kk пиксель (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · it pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · he פִּיקְסֶלִים (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · es pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · eo pikselo (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · wa picsel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ko 화소 (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · el εικονοψηφίδα (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · tr piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · sw pikseli (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · nn piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · pt pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · sh piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ms piksel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ja 画素 (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · mi pika (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ar بِكْسِل (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · be пі́ксэль (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · da pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · ja ピクセル (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · pt píxel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · hu képpont (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · nl pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · chr ᏇᎦᏎᎵ (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · he פִּיקְסֶל (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · de Bildelement (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · vi điểm ảnh (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · de Pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · de Bildpunkt (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · lv pikselis (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · sv pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) · tr gözek (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)