Definition of pixel in English:
pixel
noun ˈpɪksɛlˈpɪks(ə)lˈpɪksəl
Electronics A minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed.
the camera scans photographs and encodes the image into pixels
Example sentencesExamples
- These techniques work at the level of the pixels, the minute areas of illumination which make up images.
- The image length in pixels multiplied by the width in pixels yields the total pixel count.
- Use the tools on the left-hand side of your screen to edit these pixels and design your icon.
- It could be a one pixel by one pixel graphic the same color as the background.
- Detecting the various frequency bands for each pixel in an image can take hours.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation of picture element (compare with pix1).