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pixel

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


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The data had a resolution of 10x10 meters per pixel, roughly matching the size of a single tree crown.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

While often in a retro pixel art style, at times the game shifted into a more modern open-world look.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

By rotating the light source and recording how the scattering signal changes, researchers can reconstruct the direction of the fibers within each pixel of an image.

From Science Daily Dec. 9, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

A computer monitor puts out a distinctive pattern of radio waves from the coils and pixel radiations from the screen itself, at a comparatively high power.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

In the days since Parton’s death, commenters have flocked to the “Travelin’ Thru” music video, a compilation of pixels rendered in 240p, uploaded to an archaic version of YouTube some 19 years ago.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

These algae features often extend across many pixels, yet they usually account for less than one percent of an individual pixel.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

"People always think it's crazy that you travel all over just to catch some pixels," she laughs.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

I started thinking about the pixels in the image of the falling body, and how the closer you looked, the less you could see.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer



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