pixel

[pik-suhl, -sel] / ˈpɪk səl, -sɛl /

NOUN

smallest element of an image

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pel

STRONG

picture element

WEAK

component constituent dot element

Example Sentences

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The Manchester LHCb team designed and built essential parts of the upgraded tracking system, including silicon pixel detector modules assembled in the University's Schuster Building.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 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 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

Instead, each pixel only sends a signal when it becomes brighter or darker.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

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