pixel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of the tiny picture elements that together form a digital image

   At high magnification, each pixel appeared as one tiny square of color in the digital photograph.

Simplified etymology

Pixel was formed in the mid-20th century by combining pix, an early-20th-century shortening of pictures, with the first syllable of element. Picture itself ultimately goes back to Latin pingere “to paint.”

Formed from pix, an abbreviation of pictures, and the beginning of element.

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