Pixelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɪk.səl/, /ˈpɪk.sɛl/
• 韻: -ɪksəl

名詞

pixel (plural pixels)

1. 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, volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, 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 10) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.

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.

同意語

• pel (rare)
• pictel (dated)
• px

下位語

• gigapixel
• kilopixel
• macropixel
• megapixel
• micropixel
• terapixel

派生語

動詞

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle (US) pixeling or (UK) pixelling, simple past and past participle (US) pixeled or (UK) pixelled)

1. 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.

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• pixel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• plexi