pixel
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested in 1965.[1]
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Noun[edit]
pixel (plural pixels)
- 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.
- One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.
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pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or pixelled)
- 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.
- 2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices (page 110)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “pixel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
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Dutch[edit]
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pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)
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pixel m (plural pixels)
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English pixel.[1]
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Noun[edit]
pixel (plural pixelek)
- (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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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]
- ^ 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".
Noun[edit]
pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)
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).
References[edit]
- “pixel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Alternative forms[edit]
- píxel (uncommon)
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pixel m (plural pixels or pixeis)
Usage notes[edit]
The use of the plural pixeis (as opposed to píxeis) is sometimes discouraged as it does not correspond to the natural plural formation in either of the two languages[1].
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.
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Noun[edit]
pixel m (plural pixeles)
- Alternative form of píxel
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