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pixel

[pik-suhl, -sel] / ˈpɪk səl, -sɛl /
NOUN
smallest element of an image
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pel
STRONG
picture element
WEAK


Example Sentences

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These thread like growths, known as filaments, would keep extending until they created a short circuit and destroyed the pixel.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Also in here, albeit in a retro, pixel art style that may bring to mind the “Final Fantasy” series from its Super Nintendo days.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The new songs are forgettable and the animation is cluttered with every pixel competing to show off.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

The VLT’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument can take an image of the whole galaxy with each pixel broken down into a spectrum of different wavelengths.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 17, 2024

One scheme, dynamic averaging, allows the threshold level not to be fixed but to be recomputed for every pixel from the neighboring characteristics.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress



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