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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

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

Many convergent lines are drawn on a color monitor in such a way that every pixel struck has its color incremented.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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

"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

But he’s not alone in keeping detailed written records and committing his stray thoughts to paper—or pixels.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 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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