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

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2026

Also in here, albeit in a retro, pixel art style that may bring to mind the “Final Fantasy” series from its Super Nintendo days.

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

The VLT’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument can take an image of the whole galaxy with each pixel broken down into a spectrum of different wavelengths.

From Science Magazine Jun. 17, 2024

The neighbors of a pixel determine where the threshold should be set for that pixel.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress

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

A major obstacle comes from classical optics, which suggests that shrinking efficient light emitting pixels down to the scale of the light's own wavelength should not work.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2026

Bryson shuffled his way over to the door, his body still feeling like garbled pixels.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds



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