PIXELATION

Etymology

Noun

pixelation (countable and uncountable, plural pixelations)

A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished.

The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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