Looking for the meaning of the word PIXEL in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of PIXEL with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Pixel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s: abbreviation of picture element (compare with pix)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɪksl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed
Short Definition:minute area of illumination on display screen
Examples:- the camera scans photographs and encodes the image into pixels
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