pixel
One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
Other meanings
One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.
A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.
Synonyms
- picture element
A kind of
- component
Related words
- biopixel
- edgel
- flixel
- interpixel
- mixel
- multipixel
- nonpixel
- pixelate
- pixelisation
- pixelize
- pixelly
- pixelmap
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pixel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.