pixel

See also: Pixel and píxel

English

Etymology

pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪk.səl/, /ˈpɪk.sɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

  1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
    • 1965 April, Fred C. Billingsley, “Digital Video Processing at JPL”, in Eugene B. Turner, editor, Electronic Imaging Techniques I, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3, Los Angeles:
      We have chosen to sample at a 500 KC rate and we define each one of these samples as a picture element or pixel. We have sampled each pixel with 6-bit accuracy which is commensurate with the signal/noise ratio and the data accuracy.
    • 2015 August, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal‎[2], volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 118–127:
      In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 104) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.
  2. One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.
  3. A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.

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Verb

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle (US) pixeling or (UK) pixelling, simple past and past participle (US) pixeled or (UK) pixelled)

  1. To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.
    • 2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices, page 110:
      Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.

References

  1. ^ Richard F. Lyons (January 2006), “A Brief History of ‘Pixel’”, in IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging‎[1], San Jose

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪk.səl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

  1. pixel
    Synonym: beeldpunt

Derived terms

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from English pixel.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    pixel m (plural pixels)

    1. (computing) pixel

    Hungarian

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈpiksɛl]
    • Hyphenation: pi‧xel
    • Rhymes: -ɛl

    Noun

    pixel (plural pixelek)

    1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative pixel pixelek
    accusative pixelt pixeleket
    dative pixelnek pixeleknek
    instrumental pixellel pixelekkel
    causal-final pixelért pixelekért
    translative pixellé pixelekké
    terminative pixelig pixelekig
    essive-formal pixelként pixelekként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive pixelben pixelekben
    superessive pixelen pixeleken
    adessive pixelnél pixeleknél
    illative pixelbe pixelekbe
    sublative pixelre pixelekre
    allative pixelhez pixelekhez
    elative pixelből pixelekből
    delative pixelről pixelekről
    ablative pixeltől pixelektől
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		pixelé pixeleké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		pixeléi pixelekéi
    Possessive forms of pixel
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. pixelem pixeljeim
    2nd person sing. pixeled pixeljeid
    3rd person sing. pixelje pixeljei
    1st person plural pixelünk pixeljeink
    2nd person plural pixeletek pixeljeitek
    3rd person plural pixeljük pixeljeik

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

    Noun

    pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

    1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

    Usage notes

    The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

    References

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sew/ [ˈpik.seʊ̯]
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sɛl/ [ˈpik.sɛɫ], /ˈpik.sɐl/ [ˈpik.sɐɫ]

      Noun

      pixel m (plural pixels or (proscribed) pixeis)

      1. alternative form of píxel
        • 1997, Bobbi Linkemer, quoting Susan Beal, Secretária eficiente [The efficient secretary], NBL Editora, →ISBN, page 118:
          Use um protetor de tela[,] cuja função será desgastar cada pixel de sua tela por igual, solicitando-o alternadamente e conferindo movimentos aleatórios. Se não usar esse programa, os pontos coloridos que incidem sempre nos mesmos pixeis da tela por horas contínuas irão consumi-lo[,] apresentando uma descoloração da tela nesses mesmos pontos.
          Use a screensaver, the role of which is to wear out each pixel on your screen evenly, prodding them alternately and providing random drawings [across the screen]. If you fail to use such software, the colorful spots always falling on the same pixels for hours on end will use up the screen and discolor it on those same spots.

      Usage notes

      The prescribed adaptation of the unadapted borrowing pixel is píxel, rendering the plural píxeis. Thus, the prescribed plural of pixel is the English plural pixels instead of pixeis, since the later does not correspond to the pronunciation of the word as a paroxytone.[1]

      References

      1. ^ "plural de pixel / píxel (I)" in FLiP - Dúvida Linguística

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈpiɡsel/ [ˈpiɣ̞.sel]
          • Rhymes: -iɡsel
        • IPA(key): /piɡˈsel/ [piɣ̞ˈsel]
          • Rhymes: -el
          • Syllabification: pi‧xel

        Noun

        pixel m (plural pixels or pixeles)

        1. alternative spelling of píxel

        Usage notes

        According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

        Further reading

        Swedish

        Noun

        pixel c

        1. (computing) a pixel
          Synonym: bildpunkt

        Declension

        Declension of pixel
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite pixel pixels
        definite pixeln pixelns
        plural indefinite pixlar pixlars
        definite pixlarna pixlarnas

        References

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