pixelとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪksəl/, /ˈpɪksɛl/
• 韻: -ɪksəl

名詞

pixel (複数形 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 1, Dominik Guggisberg [et al.], “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal‎^[2], volume 47, Elsevier, DOI:10.1016/j.idairyj.2015.03.001, 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.

2. One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

同意語

• pel (まれに)
• pictel (dated)
• px

下位語

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

派生語

関連する語

• peep pixels
• pixel peeper

動詞

pixel (三人称単数 現在形 pixels, 現在分詞 pixeling または pixelling, 過去形および過去分詞形 pixeled または 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 (2001–2022), “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• pixel on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• plexi