PIXEL

pixel, pel, picture element

(noun) (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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

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

One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)

• pictel (dated)

• px

Hyponyms

• gigapixel

• macropixel

• megapixel

• micropixel

• terapixel

Verb

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixelling or pixeling, simple past and past participle pixelled or pixeled)

To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.

Anagrams

• plexi

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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