What does PIXEL mean?

Definitions for PIXEL
ˈpɪk səl, -sɛlpix·el

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pixel, pel, picture elementnoun

    (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

    "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution"

Wiktionary

  1. pixelnoun

    One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

  2. Etymology: pix, pictures + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested 1965

ChatGPT

  1. pixel

    A pixel, which is a portmanteau of the words "picture" and "element", is the smallest unit of a digital image or graphic that can be manipulated. It is often represented as a single point in a raster image, or a single point in a grid of points in a digital display. Each pixel has its own specific color value, often comprising levels of red, green, and blue, which allows images to be created with a variety of colors and shades. Pixels are the building blocks used to create digital imagery on screens and displays.

Wikidata

  1. Pixel

    In digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a physical point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in a display device; so it is the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen. The address of a pixel corresponds to its physical coordinates. LCD pixels are manufactured in a two-dimensional grid, and are often represented using dots or squares, but CRT pixels correspond to their timing mechanisms and sweep rates. Each pixel is a sample of an original image; more samples typically provide more accurate representations of the original. The intensity of each pixel is variable. In color image systems, a color is typically represented by three or four component intensities such as red, green, and blue, or cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. In some contexts, the term pixel is used to refer to a single scalar element of a multi-component representation, while in others the term may refer to the entire set of such component intensities for a spatial position. In color systems that use chroma subsampling, the multi-component concept of a pixel can become difficult to apply, since the intensity measures for the different color components correspond to different spatial areas in such a representation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PIXEL in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PIXEL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of PIXEL in a Sentence

  1. Jitesh Ubrani:

    There are a lot of lessons Google is learning along the way about distribution and manufacturing. And I think they'll get those issues sorted out hopefully before the Pixel 2 launches and definitely by the time it launches.

  2. David McQueen:

    Google never intended Google Pixel to be Google Pixel, the idea was that they would use the Pixel devices to showcase the Google Android ecosystem, demonstrating to their partners what could be done with top-end hardware and the latest Android software.

  3. Van Dokkum:

    Normally, you wouldn’t be able to detect the light of an individual star in that pixel, but because these pulsating stars are so bright and the pulsation is so strong, we could see that about a quarter of the pixels of the image changed their brightness. They changed it because the pixels contain these pulsating stars.

  4. Tuong Nguyen:

    As in, I doubt Google is competing for hardware market share with the likes of Apple, Samsung, LG, Huawei, so the Pixel phones will likely continue to serve as a paradigm for OEMs [manufacturers].

  5. Tuong Nguyen:

    So the Pixel phones will likely continue to serve as a paradigm for OEMs [manufacturers].

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