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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

Each pixel measures just 49 nanometers, which is about ten times smaller than the wavelength of visible light.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

Using specially designed optical antennas, the team has built what they describe as the smallest pixel ever created.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 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

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

"For a lot of things there's no need to use AI…but for figuring out that six pixels in the distance are an airplane versus some other smudge, it is perfect territory," says Norcia.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

Now that “Barrio Triste” is being unleashed, after it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last year, Stillz wants to submerge himself in its synths more than its pixels.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

The image revealed itself in slow motion, one line of pixels at a time.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green



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