pixel
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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]
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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.
- 2015 August, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal[2], volume 47, Elsevier, , 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.
- One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art 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.
References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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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]
Pronunciation edit
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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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- ^ 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)
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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.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.
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pixel m (plural pixels or (proscribed) pixeis)
- Alternative form of píxel
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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]
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.
References edit
- ^ "plural de pixel / píxel (I)" in FLiP - Dúvida Linguística
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pixel m (plural pixeles)
- Alternative spelling of píxel
Further reading edit
- “pixel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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pixel c
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Declension of pixel | ||||
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Nominative | pixel | pixeln | pixlar | pixlarna |
Genitive | pixels | pixelns | pixlars | pixlarnas |