pixel

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See also: Pixel and píxel

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪksəl/, /ˈpɪksɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun[edit]

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 1, Dominik Guggisberg [et al.], “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal‎[2], volume 47, Elsevier, DOI:10.1016/j.idairyj.2015.03.001, 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 pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

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Verb[edit]

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or 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[edit]

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

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

  1. pixel
    Synonym: beeldpunt

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English pixel.

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Noun[edit]

pixel m (plural pixels)

  1. (computing) pixel

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English pixel.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

  1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes[edit]

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

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.

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Noun[edit]

pixel m (plural pixels or (proscribed) pixeis)

  1. (computing) pixel (one of the dots that make up an image)
    Synonym: ponto

Usage notes[edit]

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]

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.flip.pt/Duvidas-Linguisticas/Duvida-Linguistica/DID/3416

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pixel m (plural pixeles)

  1. Alternative spelling of píxel

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Noun[edit]

pixel c

  1. (computing) a pixel
    Synonym: bildpunkt

Declension[edit]

Declension of pixel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pixel pixeln pixlar pixlarna
Genitive pixels pixelns pixlars pixlarnas

References[edit]

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