pixel
One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memoryOne of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
» An image contains thousands of pixels.
Ein Bild enthält tausende Pixel.
Meaning
3 sensesOne of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
Pixel, Bildpunkt, Bildelement
пи́ксельpíkselʹ
пі́ксельpíkselʹ
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.
- (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
Examples
9 sentencesAn image contains thousands of pixels.
deEin Bild enthält tausende Pixel.
My phone's screen has a broken pixel.
ruНа экране моего телефона есть битый пиксель.
These squares are called pixels—short for picture elements.
deDiese Quadrate heißen Pixel, das ist ein Kurzwort für „picture elements“, z. dt. „Bildelemente“.
The artist tried to matrixify the portrait into a grid of glowing pixels.
The picture on your television set is made up of tiny squares called pixels.
deEin Fernsehbild besteht aus kleinen Quadraten, die man Pixel nennt.
Translations
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Origin
pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨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.
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Forms
plural: pixelsSynonyms
4 synonyms- (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot):pelpicture element