Pixel

Definitions

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
2. One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.
3. A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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